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So today I went to the local carpet shop to help my nan pick out a new carpet for her bedroom. I'd been meaning to get some lino to line the hutches for ages, and I noticed there were lots of lino scraps in the skip, and so I asked the sales man if I could possibly have some for the hutch. He said "sure" and smiled, then walked the other way, and gave me a huge 10ft x 4ft piece of brand new lino and said "Hope the guinea pigs have fun!" He also said I can have as many carpet tubes as I like for them, whenever I want!
I'm chuffed! My mum and my nan were shocked haha! So now I have set dad with the job of lining the hutch, which will make it a much nicer place for them to live! :)
 
I am currently in the process of laying a 10ft by 6ft patio for my new piggy super shed and run and we ordered 35 slabs at £1.98 each. The guy who delivered them today could not be bothered to break up the packs so he gave us all 52 slabs which meant 17 extra slabs that is £33 worth of extra slabs! and we needed to do the patio too. Good job we also ordered way too much sand and cement xx
 
Carpet shops have to pay to get rid of their waste so you are actually doing them a favour by taking carpet tubes and lino offcuts etc.

I hope it doesn't sound as if I'm raining on your parade! It must have felt fantastic to come home with those freebies but just to let other forum members know that carpet tubes are fun and free in almost any carpet shop. You can slice them up with a normal general saw.
 
threelittlepigs said:
Carpet shops have to pay to get rid of their waste so you are actually doing them a favour by taking carpet tubes and lino offcuts etc.

I hope it doesn't sound as if I'm raining on your parade! It must have felt fantastic to come home with those freebies but just to let other forum members know that carpet tubes are fun and free in almost any carpet shop. You can slice them up with a normal general saw.
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This wasn't an offcut though - it was a remnant that was on sale for a tenner haha! Though I guess it may have been on sale for a while and he needed to be rid of it! I get carpet tubes from him often but it's nice to know that I no longer have to ask and that i can just walk in when i want :) they make great toys and the pigs love them!
 
Awwwwww thats lovely freebies are wonderful esp for piggies :))
 
What a great freebie! It's lovely when people are so kind.

I never thought of carpet tubes, will be off to the carpet shop down the road tomorrow begging as mine go through chubes like there's no tomorrow.
 
How wide are these tubes as my little Pumpkin has a rather hefty bum!
 
JayceeStar said:
This wasn't an offcut though - it was a remnant that was on sale for a tenner haha! Though I guess it may have been on sale for a while and he needed to be rid of it! I get carpet tubes from him often but it's nice to know that I no longer have to ask and that i can just walk in when i want :) they make great toys and the pigs love them!
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Long live piggie freebies!
 
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