Comments on: What are my options for inexpensive carpeting?

Question: What are my options for inexpensive carpeting?

bradn — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:21:49 -0800

Poor homeowner: What are my options for inexpensive carpeting?

I need to carpet a room in my basement, approx. 15 X 15. I want to use some nice soft carpet (not berber) but I am on an extremely limited budget.
At this point I am looking for remnants, but the prices aren't really that great and it's hard to find them that large. I have also thought about using carpet tiles but I don't know how to obtain them...
Can anyone in the industry offer me any helpful information?

By: jeanmari

jeanmari — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:29:44 -0800

CB2 makes very interesting and cool carpet tiles that you might want to check out. If you could give more information about your budget, that would help.

By: bradn

bradn — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:32:39 -0800

If I could carpet the whole room for <$100, that would be cool.

By: TheLibrarian

TheLibrarian — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:36:29 -0800

you could buy and install the tiles as you can afford them instead of shelling out everything at once....

By: padraigin

padraigin — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:50:12 -0800

I really love Flor carpet tiles.

By: frogan

frogan — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:05:15 -0800

Weird option -- why carpet? What's down there now? Wood? Concrete? Both can be refinished for a funky look -- even concrete (with an epoxy sealant).

By: bradn

bradn — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:08:19 -0800

Gotta be carpet. It's concrete and we're building a rec room/office. I'm doing a vapor barrier, a thick pad and carpet for now, and maybe someday put in a pergo floor or something.

By: gwenzel

gwenzel — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:10:53 -0800

If one is near you, try a Habitat for Humanity store. They have tons of used construction salvage stuff, and the prices are reasonable. The profits go into HfH projects, and the stuff they sell avoids an untimely trip to the landfill.

By: mikeh

mikeh — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:48:46 -0800

I'm not sure how common this is, but I'd check to see if any commercial floorcovering places nearby keep remnants for resale. I don't mean the carpet outlet-type of stores, but companies that contract out to corporations to do large jobs. They'd be much more likely to have remnants large enough for the job, although you're going to end up using two pieces (and matching seams, possibly) since you're not going to find a 15ft wide roll.

Carpet tile is another great idea.