Edinburgh Carpet Warehouse

Ok, so I find it impossible to get excited about carpets. I’m a wooden floors and the occasional rug sort of person. The Dunfermline branch on Campbell St was recommended to me by the estate agent who is selling my flat as they do great off-​cuts, good value but decent carpets, and can fit quickly. Because of the large roll sizes even large rooms could be carpeted with a so-​called offcut. In my case, they fitted the afternoon of the same day I picked a carpet. Have a good range in neutral colours, from hard-​wearing and easyclean to luxury-​soft. And yes, it’s entirely possible to get lost in a dark aisle of rolls.

The store has a good stock of remnants.
However, there is zero quality control on the fitters.
In the past I have skirting boards massacred by carpet knives and dislocated by carpet stretchers, wrinkly unstretched carpets, dented thresholds and one time when I ordered new (expensive) underlay the carpet fitter used different thickness scraps from his van leaving the carpet lumpy. I’ve no idea where the stuff I bought went. I’ve also paid for thresholds that then weren’t fitted.
This week’s episode is the last straw. I had some vinyl fitted where they literally cut across the corner of the kitchen units straight and patched the corner rather than follow the line of the plinth. They also cut the vinyl short of the threshold leaving a hole as they were simply to lazy to lift the threshold and fit it properly. Just shocking. I’m selling the flat so it will be someone else’s problem (assuming they don’t notice when viewing) but to call these guys cynical, moneygrabbers with no pride in their work would be an understatement. The fitters also take cash in hand with no suggestion of an invoice so there is no comeback.
I strongly suggest you buy flooring from a reputable company who manage or at least check on their fitters.

Rolls and rolls and rolls and rolls
If anything, it’s a little dark, but there is an insane number of carpets and flooring options tucked into a small space. I dare you to walk into the annals of remnants on your own. Gwan…

I’m going out on a limb here and propose that everyone who visits a this shop, enjoys flinging themselves up against the big rolls. I think this is perfectly reasonable, you have to lay down on carpets sometimes, shouldn’t we be able to test how that feels?
The sales assistant didn’t think so and nearly kicked me out.
This place has a great variety of carpets, from the tacky stuff that’s been on your Gran floor for 20 years to modern and tasteful alternatives. It’s cheap too!