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[NickNack1]

I've been thinking about getting carpet tiles for an area in my living room.  I don't know if I could put them together myself.  If I had them installed for me (do they even do that?) and then needed to replace a tile later, would I be able to do that myself?   If I'm just doing an area rug, would I need the carpet knives?  I think I could do it myself if I didn't need the knives.  I've looked at flor.com and am considering ordering a couple of sample tiles.  Is flor.com the best place to get them, or are the ones at Home Depot and Lowe's nice, too?  I'm sorry if these are stupid questions, but I really don't know.  I saw these mentioned in another thread but didn't want to hijack that thread by posting my questions there.

[momtochloe]

NickNack1, I have friends that had a floor tiles installed by flor.com and they were beyond pleased (and trust me, these people are not easy to please).

This was a few years ago so maybe the market has caught up to them and offer the same type of things but at the time the carpeting/flooring/whatever you want to call it was stunning and installed beautifully.

[Abrowneyegirl]

I can not help with the install questions, sorry.

But I have seen some really cool installed carpet tiles from residental to commercial.  I can comment on one quality 'hallmark' I have noticed-seam lifting and seam fraying.  The quality tiles lay and look like a carpet or rug, less quality looks like a floor of carpet tiles.

[Tigriss]

Ok. I tried to reply to someone's questions about install, but the message is gone now.

1. If you need to replace just one carpet tile, you just pull the tile up and pop in a new one.  Most installers will recommend you to have a spare box of tiles on hand for just that issue.  You just pop it out to clean it as well.

2. A carpet knife is curved  so that little effort is needed to cut the tile.  You just pull instead of pushing down and pulling like you would with a box cutter's straight blade.  Unless you are doing the install, you don't need them.

3. If you just want to make an area rug from them, you just measure your space you want to cover and buy that many tiles.  Most carpet tiles are 18" by 18", then you just divide your width and length by 18 to see how many across and down you will need and fill int he blanks with tiles to make the square or rectangle rug you want.

4. Just pop over to Lowe's and Home Depot and have a look and feel of what they have.  Flor.com wll also send you samples for $2 a sample.  That would be AWESOME!

I can't remember any of the other questions because my cat walked across my computer, hitting the mouse and poof, it was all gone!

[NickNack1]

Thanks mtc and abrowneyedgirl.  That's kind of what I thought about the quality.  I would want it to look like a rug.

[NickNack1]

Thanks for your help @Tigriss.  If I'm doing just an area rug myself, would I still need the carpet knives?  I thought I could probably do it myself if I didn't need the carpet knives.

[momtochloe]

NickNack, it does look like an area rug.  They chose a crazy, quilt like pattern which on the surface you would think "what were you thinking?" but it looks phenomenal.

They can do so many clever things with flooring these days.  And like others have said, you have a problem with a carpet tile you can just remove and replace it as opposed to an area rug or wall to wall.

I think it's a great idea!

[NickNack1]

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@momtochloe wrote:

NickNack, it does look like an area rug.  They chose a crazy, quilt like pattern which on the surface you would think "what were you thinking?" but it looks phenomenal.

They can do so many clever things with flooring these days.  And like others have said, you have a problem with a carpet tile you can just remove and replace it as opposed to an area rug or wall to wall.

I think it's a great idea!

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Thanks again @momtochloe.  I wish there was a flor.com store near me.  I guess I will have to work with their designers online to come up with something that will work for me.  I've kind of started doing it online by myself and have figured out what the price will be.  It seems to be in line with what a regular rug would be.  I have a housetrained dog, but just in case she had an accident I think having the tiles would be nice.

[Tigriss]

If you are able to put the tiles together to get the size that you want with the whole tiles, so 4 tiles wide by 6 tiles long would be 72" by 108". To cut the tiles to size, you just use a measuring tape to mark the size you want, a straight edge to draw a straight line, then pull the knife down that line. It really is like cutting paper or fabric.

[Tigriss]

Try looking at some youtube videos on installing flor tiles or carpet tiles.