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Anonymous
| I'm looking for something for our basement and didn't love the selection (or attitude) at Georgetown Carpets. Does anyone have a recent good experience? I'm in NW but would travel to Rockville, Silver Spring, etc. |
Anonymous
| Ha! I was just about to say "No positive recs, but whatever you do, avoid Georgetown Carpet." |
Anonymous
| We had a good experience with Carpet Palace on Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda. |
Anonymous
| I love "Wool and Knots" off Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda. |
Anonymous
| K&K flooring out of Chantilly will bring samples to you. We have been really happy with them for both hardwood and carpet plus they install very quickly. |
Anonymous
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OP here - thanks for the recs and keep them coming!
As a spin off question, I'm curious if anyone has tried carpeting for commercial use in their homes? I feel like that might be more durable for a basement playroom than what I'm seeing. |
Anonymous
| We just got new basement carpet and after checking out Home Depot and some recommended carpet store in Rockville, I booked an online appointment with Empire (you know, from the commercials) and we ended up going with them because of price, convenience and quality. I recommend giving them a shot. I was able to negotiate them down quite a bit on price too. The best part was, they came to me at 7 pm at night to show me samples and have me a final price (not just an estimate) on the spot and the saleswoman was very good. It was so simple and easy and reasonable that I would definitely do it again. |
Anonymous
It's awful! I lived in a rental that had it in the basement and it was just terrible even with padding. I wouldn't get it personally. Better off getting just ceramic tile if you want something low maintenance. |
Anonymous
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I love working with steve rados at friends and family flooring. he doesn't have a showroom - will actually bring samples to you. http://friendsandfamilyflooring.com/
I found him reasonably priced, easy to work with, great installers... He's done a bunch of different rooms in our house, most recently (2 years ago) DS's room, which is environmentally friendly/made of recycled plastic and impossible to stain, to get to your other question. |
Anonymous
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we just had berber installed in our basement by Carpet Express on Rockville Pike. It looks great and was cheap--$850ish for the fairly large basement and stairs. we have young kids so weren't looking to spend a ton.
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Anonymous
| OP here. I'm actually thinking of commercial because I think the designs are more fun and interesting than what I've seen so far in the carpet stores. If anyone has found someplace that has a good selection of interesting prints (and I don't mean loud and crazy, just something beyond basic berber and other similar wall-to-walls), and at not crazy prices, please let me know. |
Anonymous
| City Carpet on Georgia Avenue - 202-541-9600. Like Empire, they do housecalls, but will likely cost you much less. |
Anonymous
| Do carpet dealers that come to one's home tend to be less expensive than stores? |
Anonymous
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Karpet King in Rockville. Talk to Arliene. We have used them twice, and have recommended them many times.
Great prices and customer service. They are near the Korean Market. |
Anonymous
I'm the pp that recommended friends & family flooring. In my experience, yes, because he's not renting a big showroom. |