Find Out How To Buy Quality Discount Carpet
How many of us need to desperately replace our worn out carpet
but just don't have the cash needed to buy new carpet. Even when
the sales come up it can still be pretty expensive and end of
the rolls aren't often enough if you have a larger room to do.
Not to worry. Read on to find out how to buy quality discount
carpet and give your home that needed facelift.
Almost New
New carpets come with a guarantee and so sometimes even
reputable carpet stores land up removing carpet and replacing it
for whatever reason. It could be the color was off just a tad,
it may have a couple of small flaws that the home owner wasn't
willing to accept, it can be a host of many small things. At any
rate once the carpet store has removed this carpet they normally
just want it out of the warehouse and out of their way, so you
can buy this "almost new" carpet for very cheap and all you have
to do is put up with a few imperfections.
Commercial Carpet
Most home owners don't even think about commercial carpet that
is often found in rentals, and commercial spaces. There's a
reason commercial carpet is put into rentals. It's virtually
indestructible and will outlast any other carpet on the market.
The commercial cut loop carpet gives it a velvety look and it's
nice and soft on the feet. And here's the best news. It's a
fraction of the cost of home carpets. On average you can buy
commercial carpet for around $5.00 per yard. Go figure lasts
forever and costs less. No wonder they don't want to let this
secret out! So be sure to check out commercial grade carpets.
Installation of commercial carpet in a commercial building
means gluing it to the concrete floor which is an option you can
use as well. But if you want the most cushy comfortable carpet
in the whole wide world buy the thickest pad you can find.
Furniture Store Cast Aways
Also called furniture store cast offs. These cast offs are the
furniture that the store isn't able to move quickly for whatever
reason. Furniture stores like to keep there stock fresh and
rotated often so many of these stores will hold an auction at
least a couple times a month. You can get great deals! No
reserve! Brand New! And I've seen people get enough carpet to do
a full living room and hall for under $100.00. So be sure to
call your local furniture stores and see if they do this.
Remnants
Remnants are always a great choice especially if you don't need
to match up. So perhaps you are replacing your living room
carpet and a couple of bedrooms and you aren't overly picky
about the color especially in the bedrooms as long as they are
somewhat neutral, and you don't care if they match. They
remnants are definitely a possibility. You can often save up to
75% sometimes even more. So hunt around!
Commercial Reno's
Commercial businesses such as hotels or banks will commonly rip
out perfectly good carpet because they are getting a face lift,
or color change which is very common in industries which serve
the public. They like to have a fresh new look regularly. You
can buy this carpet for pennies on the dollar, and get high
quality, beautiful carpets. In fact sometimes you can get these
carpets just for hauling them away. Now that's a deal! So keep
your eyes open for any renovations going on.
Buy Wholesale
Don't forget to check wholesale. Although some wholesalers are
loyal to their dealers and require you to buy via the dealer,
just as many are not. In fact if you get your hands on the WBMC
which is a mail order catalogue you'll find $30 dollar carpet
for as low as $6.00 a yard. Now that's a deal!
Here are the phone number for some of the larger wholesales.
Visit your local carpet store before calling and get all the
numbers such as color and style, then give these guys a call and
see if they can give you a better price. Warehouse Carpets of
Georgia, (800) 526-2229, Carpet America (804) 730-7777;;;
Johnson's Carpet (800) 235-1079; and S&S Mills, (800) 363-4036,
Quality Discount Carpet, (800) 233-0993.
Irregulars
If you are like myself and don't notice the "little
imperfections" irregulars can be a great buy. Apartments and
condos regularly use irregular Berber because they can get it so
cheap and I'm betting you couldn't find the imperfections even
if you looked long and hard. So the moral of the story is it's a
lot cheaper not being a perfectionist. High end carpet for below
wholesale price just because it's not quite perfect. But then
neither am I so what a great match!
Insurance Companies
Many times an insurance company will land up replacing an
entire carpet when only a small section was damaged. So if your
room is small enough that you can eliminate the damaged area you
can get some very nice high end carpet for cheap. In fact many
times you only need to hall it away.
Carpet Mosaic
If you are doing a family room or a rec room this little trick
can work great and it really ads an element of creativity to the
room. Buy the carpet samples that the carpet stores have. In
fact on discontinued carpets they will sometimes even give you
the sample square. Then you can either sew them all together
[very time consuming] or simply place them down and use adhesive
to keep them in place, much like laying tile.
Area Rugs
This is an option that is often overlooked and so functional
especially if you have beautiful wood floors underneath the
existing carpet, which is very common in older homes. Wood
floors once so popular went out of style and where quickly
covered with carpet. Now they are back and the wood floor
materials we buy today are no where of the quality of those in
the past. So have a peak and if there is hardwood floor strip
and polish if needed, then buy a beautiful area rug that covers
the heavy traffic areas and lets the hardwood show on the outer
edges.
Now another trick that works well if you don't have hardwood
floors is to buy tiles or linoleum that has the marbled look,
lay it and then place an area rug in the center. I can
personally tell you that the black marbled tile look fabulous
like this as I once did a family room with this method. Tiles
were on sale and dirt cheap, and the area rug was very
reasonable. Under $200 and I had a million dollar room!
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John Murray makes it easy to go through the carpet buying
process and provides tips to keep your carpet lasting long. To
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