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Carpet fitting

Fitting carpet over underlay on gripper rods, seamed where widths meet and trimmed into doorways with a threshold bar. Carpet fitting is carried out by flooring fitters on Tradehand, with businesses concentrated in Southampton, Colchester, London, Poole and Portsmouth. The businesses have ratings ranging from 4.1 to 5.0 on Tradehand.

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Flooring fitters who do carpet fitting

Worth knowing

  • The 87 flooring fitters have 1,760 reviews in total. On Tradehand, the median rating across 35 rated businesses is 5.0, while the most-reviewed business has 181 reviews.
  • Published prices place the national median for re-stretching and repairing carpet across 9 UK towns at £85, based on research from August 2026.
  • The work is also called laying carpet, carpet installation, and carpet and underlay.
  • The businesses are concentrated in Southampton, Colchester, London, Poole and Portsmouth, with further London representation in Sutton, Croydon and Richmond upon Thames.
  • 65 of the 87 flooring fitters have their own website.
  • 32 also offer laminate flooring fitting, 20 vinyl flooring fitting, 12 wood flooring installation and 10 subfloor levelling.

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