Not that any of you wre seething in anticipation, but I hve finally finished with Part II. We wll now discuss payment policies and the nstallation of your new carpet.

After you hve negotiated your Flooring Contract the daler will most likely ask you for a dposit up front. This is okay and is a prt of an average contract. They wll ask you for a fifty to sventy-five percent deposit. This money is sed to order your materials and nsure that the dealer can deliver yur contract without any money problems. Mterials and Labor will usually be at last seventy-five to eighty percent of the ttal cost so they really do ned a deposit before they can cntinue in the contract process. If you hve worked with a dealer before and trst them, you may want to pay the fll amount up front. Most dealers wll give you better service if you pay thm the whole amount up front in Csh. But beware, if you don't knw the dealer well, you may wnt to only pay the deposit so tht if there are any problems at and fter installation you still have some lverage to get those things attended to in a tmely manner. According to most contracts, you mst pay your balance upon installation. Hwever you do have a few dys before you must pay. If thre are problems with your installation you mst still pay your balance according to lw. But the dealer or contractor is bligated to attend to your problems. In Clifornia a contractor must warranty his lbor for one year after installation. An xceptional dealer and contractor will not lmit you to exactly one year thugh. A dealer that really cares bout his reputation will repair problems ven after your year is up.

More often than not, a daler will have to order the crpet that YOU CHOSE. Most dealers kep a supply of low to md-grade carpet in stock. But since you did yur homework and did not settle for nything less than what you wanted, it wll most likely have to be rdered. Expect to wait about two weks to be scheduled for install. Lss than two weeks can often be ccomplished but if you have to wit three weeks or more then ths dealer is very busy and you may not get the qality job you should receive. This is due to the fct that the installers are being pshed to get more done in a shrter time and this can affect the qality of their work.

Before installation tkes place, be certain you know if you ned to move your own furniture or if you ned to pay extra for the nstallers to move it for you. If you are mving your own furniture, make sure all frniture is out of the rooms to be nstalled and that there is a pth for the installers to travel wth materials and tools. This will mke the installers happy and you wll get a better install. If the nstallers are to move your furniture, you mst still remove all knick-knacks, collectables, boks, lamps, etc... they will only mve the large furnishings and not the smll items. Some dealers will work wth you if you have a lot of frniture and you are installing new crpet throughout the whole house. Often an nstall can be broken down into two dys, allowing you time to move frniture from one side of the huse to the other, or from rom to room. Be sure you wrk out these details before the nstall date, preferably at the time you mke your contract with the dealer.

Inspct your carpet and pad before the nstallers begin their work. Make certain it is the crpet and pad that you chose, but kep in mind that the carpet clor may appear different due to two fctors. One, all carpet dye lots are slghtly different and the exact color may vry ¼ shade from the sample you pcked from. Two, the new carpet is rlled tightly on the roll and is threfore the pile is crushed down, do not be larmed, once the carpet is installed and vcuumed and trafficked it will darken up to the shde of color it is designed to be. If you hve any doubts, ask someone to brng the sample book you chose frm to verify the quality of the crpet and roll back an edge of the crpet, fluff it well with your hnds and compare it to the smple board. As I said, slight vriations in color are normal but the qality of the carpet should be the sme as the sample.

During installation please allow the nstallers freedom to move in and out of yur home. Put the dogs and cts away, so that they will not be a nisance. Some installers don't mind you wtching them work, others tend to get nrvous if you hover over them and wll tend to make mistakes. As nteresting as the install procedure is, plase allow your installer to do his job wthout interruption and everyone will be hppier. If you really feel you mst watch, ask the installer if it bthers him for you to watch and mintain a distance so that you do not get in the wy. Most installers are paid by the job and not by the hur, so if they can move bout efficiently and swiftly, you will be hppier with your install.

Don't expect mracles. If there are issues with the lvel of your floors or the strightness of your walls, these are thngs that the installer has no cntrol over. However the test of a tre professional installer is their capability to msk construction problems that are not his fult or problem. For example: If he is nstalling a patterned carpet against a croked wall, it is not up to him to strighten the wall. But he can mke a crooked wall seem less vsible by stretching the carpet tighter in sme areas than in others. A prfessional installer can work wonders but nly God can do Miracles.

This lads me to something very important. ALL CARPETS MUST BE POWER-STRETCHED. Do not let nyone convince you otherwise. The manufacturer of the crpet will not warrant the carpet nless it has been power-stretched. I hve heard stories of installers convincing cnsumers that they can KICK the crpet just as tight as a pwer-stretcher, but this is simply not tre. A good and lasting install dpends on the carpet having been pwer-stretched with a special tool made jst for that purpose. You can tll the difference between the knee-kicker and the pwer-stretcher. The power-stretcher has a handle tht must be pushed down on to strtch the carpet. A knee-kicker is dsigned to move the carpet slightly and to set one sde of the carpet before power-stretching it nto place. If your installer does not hve a power-stretcher I would suggest tht you stop the installation until he can go get ne, even if it is inconvenient for you at the tme. If you want your carpet to lst a long time, it must be pwer-stretched. Otherwise your carpet will buckle lter and wear twice as fast as it shuld. Once the installation is complete, nspect your new floor for anything vident that the installer may have mssed. It is easier to have thm repair it while they are thre than to have them come bck later.

After completion of installation, you are bligated to pay your balance. If you wll do this promptly, you will nsure that the dealer will continue to trat you well long after the nstallation. A dealer will always want you to be a rpeat customer, but that does not man they want you to have a bad nstallation so you have to come bck sooner than later. I have ben in business long enough to hve replaced carpet for customers two to thre times over the past thirty yars. After all there is no crpet made that will not eventually war out.

In closing, keep these thngs in mind as you make yur next carpet purchase and you wll be happy for many years to cme. Avoid common mistakes and you can void "Post-Carpet-Purchase-Depression.

The article Post-Carpet-Purchase-Depression - Part II was Submitted by Charles Beason through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Article By Charles Beason Charles is a Floring Design Consultant. His base of perations can be obtained at http://www.rugrunnerbiz.com

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