Hi All
Have been browsing this forum and through reading here and elsewhere have pretty much decided on solution dyed nylon carpets for our house. We have four bedrooms with one baby and one large black hairy dog so that seemed the best bet. Our current carpet is cheap crappy sisal style tight loop carpet and the dog hairs are actually buried in it - drives me mad!
So just wanted to pick anyone's brains on the nitty gritty of going ahead with SDN:
1. For dog hairs is a twist or cut pile carpet going to perform better than a loop one (in terms of the vacuum cleaner actually getting the hair up?). I think from my experience the answer is yes but keen to get an expert opinion!
2. Is there anything to be fussy about with installation. In one thread here i heard someone mention that a powerstretcher did much better to tension the carpet - are these used as standard nowadays, or something i should request? Any other tips with installation? Or are we safe just letting the carpet company sort all of that out for us.
3. Underlay - any particularly good ones for SDN. My conversations so far have been 'standard underlay' vs upgrade for $150, with no actual mention to type etc. Is there anything that i should be specifically requesting - we would like a decent one for some soft carpet floors.
4. Quest vs Redbook - which is the better brand
5. Is this smartstrand carpet that everyone seems to rave about similar price to Quest or Redbook, or much pricier?
and, if anyone has had a particuarly bad or good experience with a NOR company in WA then please PM me and let me know (if i am allowed to ask that).
Thanks in advance
Lauren