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Tips for Buying Carpet

1.  Skimping on Underpad

This is just about the worst mistake you could make when buying new carpet. Believe me, I know how hard it is to justify spending extra money on something you can’t even see. You would likely prefer to save the money and spend it on things you can sit back and look at – take the money you save on the underpad and buy a new lamp, perhaps. But most of the time, it’s what you can’t see that matters the most. For example, consider the tires on your car, or your mattress. Neither have any aesthetic value, but both are extremely important for your safety and your comfort. The same goes for carpet underpad.

Underpad saves wear and tear on your carpet by absorbing the impact of foot traffic so the carpet doesn’t have to. Not only will a better grade underpad feel more comfortable to walk on, it will help your carpet look better for a longer period of time than a low-quality pad would.

I cannot stress it enough: your carpet is only as good as your underpad. If you are working within a tight budget, I highly recommend spending a bit less on the carpet and a bit more on the underpad. A lower-quality carpet will look, feel and perform better with a high-grade underpad.

2.  Assuming Carpets Are the Same, Because They Look the Same

This warning especially holds true if you are getting quotes from different retailers on different products. As the saying goes, be sure you are comparing apples to apples! Just because two carpets look and feel the same, it does not necessarily mean they will perform the same.

So how can you compare different products? Be sure that they are made of the same fiber, they are the same style, and are of the same quality. (For more information on determining quality, see this article.) Also, closely compare the manufacturers’ warranties on the carpets. If one carpet has a 10-year warranty and the other has a 20-year warranty, you are obviously not looking at the same quality of carpet.

3.  Calculating Your Square Footage (Incorrectly)

I think it is a great idea to take some measurements of your own before heading out shopping. It will help give you a general idea of the overall cost of the project, so that you know which products you can realistically be looking at to stay within your budget. However, my strong advice is to take your measurements, and then hand them over to the salesperson.

Calculating carpet requirements is much more complicated that simply adding up the square footage of your rooms. There are so many other things to take into consideration – such as the width of the roll of carpet, and the direction of the carpet pile, for starters – that simply multiplying your measurements will usually not give you an accurate outcome. The salesperson will know how to account for these considerations, and should be able to give you an approximation of your total square footage requirements. Keep in mind, though, that the salesperson’s quote is only as good as your information: if you have measured incorrectly or left out important details such as closets or railing posts (which increase the labor cost) the true cost of the project will not be able to be determined until you have had a professional visit your home.

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