Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Carpet just laid and doesn't look good 12Jun 05, 2010 6:49 pm jassy The carpet guy has now had the layer back and they have pulled up the edges of the carpet and extended the smoothedge. It looks 100% on what it did. I am happy to pay him extra for having done this, and I guess we have both learned something. Thanks to everyone for their advice - it was really helpful. I personally think that you should not have had to pay for the fix-up. New smoothedge would have already been costed into the job. BUT a 5-6mm gap from smoothedge to wall is normal. The new carpet must be very thin for the gap to be extremely noticable. Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7557 I had new concrete laid, extended the alfresco and had the sidewalks concreted too. I noticed the concreter didn't put the expansion foam anywhere, there are expansion… 0 8203 No the fireplace doesn’t work. It’s been enclosed. I’m not sure what was removed, as it was done quite some time ago - well before what I can see with photos online… 2 11771 |