Carpet Fitter
How to choose the right carpet fitter for your home.
When it comes to carpeting in your home, it can be one of the biggest jobs for a single tradesman you hire during the construction of your home. Carpet tends to be one of the easiest ways give your home a much-needed refreshed look. Even if you’re just replacing old, worn out woodend floorboards or replacing ancient carpet with a plush new one, hiring the best carpet fitter is important.
There are some things to keep in mind when you’re looking for the right carpet fitter for your home carpet needs. Looking for these things will help ensure a smooth removal and install of you much needed new carpet. Here at ClickaTrades, we spoke with some of our top carpet fitters to find out what are the key things to know when you need to find the perfect carpet fitter for your home:
- Learn their experience and qualifications.
- Inquire about the materials they’re going to use for your project.
- Get multiple quotes and be certain their detailed.
When you’re looking for the best carpet fitter for your home, keeping these things in mind will help you find the best and most qualified tradesman for you project.
How experienced are they and what are their qualifications?
When it comes to home construction and home improvement, carpet fitting isn’t as complicated as many of the other types of craftsmanship needed. It’s not rewiring the electrical in your entire home, or replacing all of the old plumbing, but it is just as important when it comes. It is a low-impact and somewhat simple job, but can actually tie everything else together in rooms throughout your home.
Carpet fitters can have a wide variety of experience and qualifications, but it’s important to take the time and ask any of the potential carpet fitters about their previous experience. Doing this allows you know if they are actually able to do the particular type of flooring or carpet instillation that you are looking for. Some carpet fitters might only handle laminate or wood flooring and not actually carpet at all. Some general contractors are able to install and fit carpets for your home. But taking the time to review their previous work and qualifications allows you to know see their experience and quality of work for yourself.
Be sure that you’re also checking the references of any of the carpet fitters you’re considering for you home carpeting needs. A quick and easy way to do this is to use the database of actual customer reviews and feedback that we have on ClickATrades. You’ll be able to find instant feedback from previous customers, as well as even see an entire portfolio of a particular carpet fitters work.
There are a few professional associations that highly qualified carpet fitters belong to, and it’s good to find out if ones you’re considering do as well. The Contract Flooring Association, The National Institute of Carpet and Floorlayers, and the Flooring Industry Training Association are the top associations.
What are the materials they will be using?
Finding out in detail what materials they use when it comes to the carpet fitting in your home is crucially important. An experienced carpet fitter will be able to give you a detailed breakdown of all of the materials they’re going to use for your project. It’s important that you speak with an experienced carpet fitter before you just go out and buy the carpet and materials because they have the knowledge of the best kinds of carpet and materials for your home and needs.
Get detailed quotes.
ClickATrades recommends that you get at minimum of three quotes from three different carpet fitters when you’re looking for the perfect one for your home. When you get the quotes, be certain that they are very detailed and thorough. That they list all of the materials that they’re going to use. Is all of their labour included in the quote? Are they subcontracting any part the project to anyone else?
Take the time to line up the quotes side by side and thoroughly review what one carpet fitter is handling versus what another isn’t. Are they willing to remove and dispose of the current carpeting and materials that are in your home? Some carpet fitters may require you to do the removal and disposal.
These are just a few of the more important things to consider when it comes to finding the perfect carpet fitter for your home. You can review many more of them within the many different listings of carpet fitters on our ClickATrades listings.