Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Carpet problem
My home office is a 9'x12' room. I wanted to carpet it, so ordered 108sqft of carpet. Unfortunately, when the carpet was delivered, I saw that they had sent one 10'x10' piece and a 1'x8' piece.
I have a carpet installer who has a strange pricing structure--he charges $100 per piece of carpet he installs.
I can only afford $300 for the installation. Can I make one cut in one of these pieces of carpet, so the three resulting pieces can be used to carpet the room?
Yes
what a way to waste an hour!
What are the rules here? From some previous threads it looks like the game may be to not answer directly but obliquely or in a riddle. Is that the game? If so, from my drawing maybe you should put the carpet on some Escher staircases instead of the floor.
JKJ
likely, but you'll have seams everywhere
I'd call the store and make them take it back for the right size, and then only pay the installer $100.
Easiest problem ever :-)
S
Re: what a way to waste an hour!
The "game" is as you deduced--show you got the answer without giving it away to others. And your comment about an Escher staircase is spot-on.
Re: likely, but you'll have seams everywhere
Or show the installer your proposed three-piece installation versus a four-piece installation, and they will probably agree to do the four-piece one at the three-piece price.
And re your subject line, yes, that was going to be a hint if one were needed--that this installation crew does great seaming, and there is no pattern to worry about preserving.
You guys are too good. I won't tell how long I had this one in my "processing" queue, pulling it out every once in a while for repeat stabs.
Re: likely, but you'll have seams everywhere
>I won't tell how long I...
I admit to some serious head scratching. At first I thought it would be easy. I sketched, then CADded, then thunk and thunk, then CADded again then almost gave up. I finally worked backwards from the 9x12 and approached it logically - you MUST remove 2' from the long edge and MUST add 1' to the short which limits the options. After I got that firmly in my head it just took a few minutes with a pencil.
JKJ
Solution -- Spoiler Alert
Posters have alluded to the answer. I'll provide it here in case anyone else wants to see it. The diagram shows the cut in the 10'x10' piece, and where it fits in the room,, with the 1'x8' piece going in the resulting hole in the center.