Sensibility

Flooring is priced per job rather than per metre off a shelf. The final figure depends on the room size and shape, the underlay you choose, whether we're lifting an old floor, door trims, and the fitting itself. Call us on 0141 266 0400 with rough measurements and we'll give you a realistic figure, or book a free home measure and we'll do it properly.

Resilience. Stairs concentrate all the traffic in a house onto a small area, and the nosing of each step takes the worst of it. Polyamide fibres recover their shape after being crushed, so the pile doesn't flatten into a permanent worn strip the way a softer fibre does. If you're carpeting a staircase and you want it to still look right in five years, this is the sensible fibre.

They're both cut piles, so they look similar, but they're built for different jobs. Expectations is polyester — softer, richer in colour, better in a bedroom. Sensibility is polyamide — tougher, better at recovering from crushing, better on a stair or in a hall. If you want the same look throughout, we'd usually suggest Sensibility on the stairs and landing and Expectations in the bedrooms.

It's less naturally stain-resistant than polypropylene, so it does reward dealing with spills promptly rather than leaving them. That's the honest trade for the durability. If stain resistance is the priority over everything else — a dining room with young children, say — ask us about the Gatsby flatweave instead.

We do. We arrange fitting across Clydebank, Glasgow and the surrounding areas, including uplift and disposal of your old flooring if needed. Stairs are the fiddliest fitting job in any house, so it's worth having it done properly.