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A little man is now fitting our new shag-pile bedroom carpet - it was horrible having bare floor boards for one night, I don't know how people can live with them, so noisy even with just slippers on.


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 10:28 am
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Carpets went out of fashion?

Not in my house they didn't, any way enjoy your new underfoot sensation 🙂


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 10:30 am
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huh huh she said "shag pile"


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 10:35 am
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Carpets for upstairs. Wooden floors for anything you wee or spill food on


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 10:38 am
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so noisy even with just slippers on

Try losing some weight then.


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 10:43 am
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I think she means like in 70's gentlemans special interest magazines


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 10:48 am
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No carpets in any room where bike maintenance might be undertaken.

I think that's all of them.


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 11:01 am
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No carpets down stairs so I can take a muddy bike in and a muddy me in and not worry about the mess

Carpets upstairs though


 
Posted : 08/01/2015 11:07 am
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Talking carpets... And I agreeing with our OP and others.

What type of carpet should I be getting for bedrooms wool/synthetic/mixed?

And the going rate per meter for decent stuff?


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 10:16 am
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IMO : carpets for everywhere except kitchen, bathroom(s) (quality lino in those) and hall (quality wooden floor).

MrsIHN wants tiles in the kitchen and a wooden floor in the dining room when we do it, a battle yet to be had...


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 10:21 am
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tiles are where it's at, baby yeah!!


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 10:23 am
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What type of carpet should I be getting for bedrooms wool/synthetic/mixed?

Wool carpets seems to stand up better to cats than synthetic ones....

And the going rate per meter for decent stuff?

Think ours were about £35/m


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 10:35 am
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Bare floorboards and thick chunky house socks is where it's at, all the benefit of wooden floors such as ease of cleaning (especially with a few lifter boards) and i don't have to worry bout dragging the muddy bikes through the hallway to their place in the bedroom.

The spirit of steptoe n' sons is alive n' well in my household 😀


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 10:38 am
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House socks?

Nah... you need Haflingers:

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Posted : 16/01/2015 11:11 am
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In all fairness DD; you aren't exactly impartial are you?


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 11:12 am
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Carpets are nasty, hold dirt and get filthy over time - Wood flooring and rugs is the one true way!


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 11:25 am
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We have wooden floors on the first floor where the living room and a bedroom are - and two small kids. In the kitchen downstairs the noise is quite alarming when they are jumping about.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 11:26 am
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[i]Carpets are nasty, hold dirt and get filthy over time [/i]

Effective vacuum cleaners are available.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 11:31 am
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A little man is now fitting our new shag-pile bedroom carpet

Are you the woman from 'To the Manor Born'?


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 11:35 am
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still nasty even so.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 11:37 am
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Almost correct globalti 🙂 , Alpaca socks teemed up with [url= http://scottishmountaineer.com/footwear-week-sole-exhale/ ]Sole Exhale Shoes[/url] - not exactly the height of fashion but so handy and comfortable for plodding about the house n' outside to get logs etc.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 11:37 am
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Carpetting gardens is sometimes known as astroturfing.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 12:54 pm
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I want a piss catcher.

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Posted : 16/01/2015 12:56 pm
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Tiles straight through hall/kitchen/cloakroom/utility downstairs and wood floors in dining room and lounge.
Tiles in bathrooms and wood floors everywhere else upstairs.
The only fitted carpet we've got is on the stairs.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 1:04 pm
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Those silly slippers aren't Haflingers. THIS is a Haflinger

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Amazingly good 4WD in their time.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 1:24 pm
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hard / wooden floors for practicality (e.g. kitchen, bathroom, downstairs hallway, dining room), carpets everywhere else for comfort.


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 1:25 pm
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Has no one yet asked if it matches the curtains?


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 1:29 pm
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Ah, ****. My astroturfing post is meaningless now.

There's no way they could be back if fly-by-nights like me can still be earning. 😐


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 1:35 pm
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We have two dogs and hard floors (wood, tile, laminate) although hilarious, are gratingly noisy with the sound of claws clattering about. So we have lino in hall & kitchen, carpet in lounge & dining room.

And whoever said no carpet for bike areas is wrong. A carpeted garage is bliss 🙂


 
Posted : 16/01/2015 2:22 pm

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