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How to buy new carpet

 

Step 1

Decide which areas of your home you want to carpet.

Step 2

Measure the rooms that you want to carpet.

Step 3

Go to several vendors. Try both carpet-only showrooms and general home centers. Ask about installation costs, compair costs with hiring your ouwn installer.

Step 4

Consider the various grades of carpeting available. Are you carpeting a high-traffic location or a less frequented area of your home?

Step 5

Consider your long-term needs. Is it worth paying more for carpeting that will last 10 years instead of 5? Do you expect to move or remodel within that time?

Step 6

Take samples of any carpet you are considering so you can view them with your walls and furniture.

Step 7

Expect carpet prices to vary considerably with quality and style. Typically sold by the square yard, carpeting can cost from $10 to $15 per square yard for basic carpet and upward of $30 per square yard for luxury carpeting (not including installation).

Step 8

Make your selection after considering cost, style, color and durability.

Step 9

Decide what type of padding you want under the carpeting. Often, a certain level of padding will be included in the installation price, and you will have the option to upgrade.

Step 10

Have your installer to measure the area to be carpeted, have the vendor send someone to your home.

Step 11

Clean and empty the room before the installers arrive.

Step 12

Check the carpet to make sure that it is clean and properly installed before signing an invoice.

Buying Carpet Wholesale

Looking for a wholesale deal? Good luck. What exactly does wholesale mean? It means you buy carpet directly from the manufacturer. The only way I know to get a wholesale deal is to have an account with the mill. There are no mills that I know of that will sell to the general public. Sure you can find lots of RETAIL places that offer "Wholesale To The Public" or "Factory Direct Prices", but this is not buying wholesale. Some dealers buy "seconds" or "roll ends" at a discounted price. These are often not "first grade" carpets and these carpets may not offer a factory warranty either. In fact, you may be buying a defective carpet and not even know it. By the time you find out, it's too late. You've been scammed.

Buying Carpet From Online Sources

I seldom recommend buying carpet from an online source. Too often these carpet brokers are nothing more than a small office with an 800 number. They take your order and have another carpet company ship carpet to you. What I keep hearing from duped carpet buying consumers, is that the carpet you order may not be the carpet you get. You may order a 45-ounce carpet and a 38-ounce carpet shows up. This is the old bait and switch routine. They know that you have no idea what the difference is between the two and even if you do, it is your responsibility to prove it, and ship the carpet back at your expense if you are not happy. Scammed again.

Carpet Shipping

Returning a roll of carpet is costly. While it may only cost a carpet distributor $100 to ship a roll of carpet to you, it will cost you a lot more than that to ship it back to them. They have a contract with the trucking company and get huge discounts for volume. You don't. Shipping one roll of carpet could cost you hundreds, not to mention all the headache of wrapping it back up and getting it to the shipping company. Want the shipping company to pick it up at your place? That costs more money. If you get to this point, you've been scammed. 

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