Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jul 03, 2009 9:58 pm Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question and/or has been asked previously.... I am having my laundry and kitchen/dining re-tiled and other ajoining areas re-carpeted. There seems to be two trains of thought -depending on who I speak to, and what day of the week it is - about which should go down first. Some say carpet should go first so that it can be pulled as tightly as poss....others say tiles so the grout and edging can be as neat as poss. Any thoughts on whether there's a right way or a wrong way on this? btw I was hoping to get my tiles done first just because those areas are going to be completely devoid of tiles and my budget might not stretch to carpeting (a much larger area) for another 6 months. TIA Re: Carpet in before tiles or v.v? 2Jul 03, 2009 10:23 pm Always complete your tiled areas and then carpets as there is cutting/ dust and of maybe a posible accident waiting to happen to carpets so unless you have shares in electrodry dont do it _kelly_ Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question and/or has been asked previously.... I am having my laundry and kitchen/dining re-tiled and other ajoining areas re-carpeted. There seems to be two trains of thought -depending on who I speak to, and what day of the week it is - about which should go down first. Some say carpet should go first so that it can be pulled as tightly as poss....others say tiles so the grout and edging can be as neat as poss. Any thoughts on whether there's a right way or a wrong way on this? btw I was hoping to get my tiles done first just because those areas are going to be completely devoid of tiles and my budget might not stretch to carpeting (a much larger area) for another 6 months. TIA Re: Carpet in before tiles or v.v? 3Jul 03, 2009 10:24 pm I agree with built1justlikeit. Tiles first. Living in Caloundra Thread****** Lovin my house all finished!!! Now tackling the HUGE task of the Garden- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14782 Re: Carpet in before tiles or v.v? 4Jul 03, 2009 10:27 pm Definitely tiles first! Building with Homebuyers Centre El Questro! My building thread..viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19421 Brickies started 5/10 1 15729 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17013 Ardo That is so funny! I wonder how many people know who Larry Haun is these days. I have a couple of young guys we call Mo 1 & Mo 2 who run a crew of 6 boys and… 9 15483 |