PU foam, 10 mm
Our standard under every quoted carpet. Springy, warm and right for most living rooms and bedrooms.
Includedin room prices
Soft underfoot, tight to every wall
Underlay Carpet Fitting brings the sample books to your home, measures every room, then supplies and fits the carpet and underlay. Our two fitters move the furniture, lift the old carpet and take it away.
1 visitto measure and choose at home
2 fitterson every job, furniture included
10 mmunderlay as standard, never thinner
Fitted prices by room
Each price includes a mid range twist carpet, 10 mm underlay, new gripper, door bars, fitting and moving the furniture. The exact figure follows the measure.
| Room | Typical size | Fitted, from |
|---|---|---|
| Single bedroom | 3 m by 3 m | $390 |
| Double bedroom | 3.6 m by 4 m | $560 |
| Living room | 4.5 m by 5 m | $820 |
| Hall | 1.2 m by 4 m | $310 |
| Straight staircase | 13 steps | $480 |
| Stairs, landing and hall | 13 steps plus landing | $950 |
| Old carpet taken away | Per room | $25 |
Wool, wool blend and patterned carpets cost more, and patterns need extra length so the design lines up. Prices are confirmed in writing after the measure and held for 30 days.
A measuring visit with the samples on your own floor
Carpet looks different under shop lights than it does by your window at four in the afternoon. A fitter brings around forty sample books to your home, so you can lay them on the floor, beside the sofa and against the curtains before you choose.
While you look, the rooms are measured with a laser and drawn up, and the fitter plans where any join will fall, which way the pile will run and what the floor underneath needs before anything is laid.
- Visits take 45 minutes to an hour
- Joins kept away from doorways and walkways
- Floor checked for damp, loose boards and old staples
- A written price within two working days
What is in the sample books
Eight kinds of carpet, each suited to different rooms, different households and different feet.
Twist pileHard wearing and forgiving, the everyday choice for living rooms and stairs
SaxonyLong, soft pile for bedrooms, though it shows footprints
Loop pileTight loops with a flat, textured look; not ideal with cats that claw
Wool blendNatural warmth and spring underfoot, usually 80% wool
Cut and loopA pattern sculpted into the pile itself, good at hiding wear
PolypropyleneStands up to spills and scrubbing, for kitchens, lets and busy homes
Velvet pileShort, dense and with a soft sheen, at its best in quiet rooms
Stair runnerA woven strip with bound edges and the wood showing at each side
Underlay, the half of the job you never see
Underlay decides how soft the carpet feels, how quiet the room is and how long the pile lasts. We fit 10 mm as standard and suggest a change only where a room calls for one.
Rubber crumb, 10 mm
Firm and dense, so it holds up on stairs, landings and halls where every foot lands in the same place.
Upgradefrom $4 a m²
Acoustic underlay
Deadens footsteps through the floor, which many flat leases ask for. Check your lease for the sound rating it needs.
Upgradefrom $7 a m²
Low tog for heated floors
Thin enough to let underfloor heating through. We check the combined tog of carpet and underlay against the heating maker's limit.
Upgradefrom $5 a m²
Deep foam, 12 mm
Extra depth and cushioning for bedrooms, where comfort matters more than wear.
Upgradefrom $3 a m²
Gripper, bars and nosings
New gripper rods round every room, a matching bar at each doorway and nosings on stairs where the edge needs one.
Includedin every fit
From old carpet out to doors swinging again
Most homes are finished in a day. Two fitters arrive at 08:00 and leave the rooms ready to walk on.
Small things cleared
Before we arrive, you put away ornaments, lamps, cables and the contents of drawers. We bring dust sheets for everything else.
Furniture moved
Beds, sofas, tables and emptied wardrobes are moved by the fitters, room by room, and set back afterwards.
Old floor lifted
Carpet and underlay come up, staples are pulled, and the floor is swept and checked before anything new goes down.
Gripper and underlay
Fresh gripper is fixed round the edges, then the underlay is laid and taped at every join.
Stretched and trimmed
The carpet is pulled tight with a power stretcher, trimmed at the skirting and finished with bars, then every door is tested.
What we move, and what stays put
Moving furniture is part of every price, because carpet cannot be fitted around a wardrobe. The fitters move what two people can carry safely and put each piece back where it stood.
A few things need their owner or a specialist instead. Tell us about them when you book, so nothing holds up fitting day.
- We move beds, sofas, tables, chests and emptied wardrobes
- Please empty drawers, shelves and display cabinets
- We leave pianos, aquariums, safes and heavy gym kit to specialists
- Doors trimmed on the day if the new carpet is thicker, from $20 a door
Recent fits
Stairs, bedrooms and the parts of the job that sit under the carpet once it is down.
From homes we have fitted (example reviews)
Six samples laid by the window, and the one picked in a shop last month looked grey in our light. Glad the visit came first.
Two fitters moved a double bed, two wardrobes and a sofa, and every piece was back in place by four. Not a ripple on the stairs.
They spotted that the floorboards needed screwing down and said so before fitting day rather than on it. The bedroom no longer creaks.
Questions people ask at the measure
How soon after the measure can you fit?
Usually within two weeks, depending on whether the carpet is in stock. Wool and patterned carpets can take three to four weeks to arrive.
Do you fit carpet bought somewhere else?
Yes, as long as we measured for it or you can show the size. Fitting only is priced per room, and we check the roll for faults before cutting.
Can carpet go straight onto concrete?
Yes, with the right underlay, once the floor is dry. On new screed or a floor showing damp we test first and may suggest a membrane.
Will the doors still close?
A thicker carpet and underlay can catch the bottom of a door. We check every door on the day and trim any that need it, from $20 a door.
When can we walk on it?
Straight away. Keep heavy furniture off any glued joins for a few hours, and expect a little fluff in the first weeks, which the vacuum soon clears.
What happens to the old carpet?
We lift it, roll it and take it away for $25 a room, or leave it rolled up for you if you have a use for it.
Book a measuring visit
Tell us which rooms and when suits you. We confirm a time within one working day and bring the sample books with us.
- No charge for measuring within 30 km
- Written price within two working days
- Price held for 30 days
Talk to the fitters
Calls are answered during office hours. On fitting days, leave a message and a fitter rings back the same evening.
Call or write
Carpets fitted city wide and 30 km beyond it, sample books brought to your door
Hours
| Monday to Friday | 08:00 to 18:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 to 13:00, measuring visits only |
| Sunday | Closed |
Where we fit
Anywhere in the city, plus a 30 km ring around it. Further out, a travel charge is added and shown on the price before you agree to anything.