It's definitely an option.

I've never personally seen domestic carpet glued down but my attempts to lift in the corners of a few rooms hasn't been successful. It could just be very bloody tight and well fitted, I hope that's the case.

Half price? They Saw you coming!

If pulling the skirting off isn't on the cards, could you run the cables between the skirting and the carpet strip (assuming there is one and they're not used glue there as well!) - that's what the workmen did when running the cables for our alarm.

Cables are beautiful, and should be proudly displayed snaking hither and thither around and across the room in great coils that capture dust bunnies hippos and old newspapers.

Mrs.D says our living room looks like a warehouse.

 :-{)

I've had to take up floorboards a couple of times where an alarm or telephone cake has been run around the edge of the carpet. It was a pain and had to be very careful not to damage the cakes.

I would say you really really need to sort out your autocorrect, but it's become endearing now.

Carpet only looks to be glued to the gripper rods, hopefully not a complete disaster.

Thinking steam or a solvent as long as it doesn't ruin the carpet.

Hahaha. I do make a lot of mistakes when I do the swiping on the keyboard. And the plaster on my thumb isn't helping things today. But telephone cake. I want one :D

Never seen that before. How old is the carpet? I'd have thought steam would be ok as I believe (from what Sian said) the person who cleaned our carpet recently used a big steam machine.

It is brand new, which is why I don't want to damage it.

Success.

liquid networking?

Where did you get the acetone?

If only!

Kos: From work. You can get Acetone on eBay though if you want.

Damn chemists.

Pretty quick this Internet connection!

I will not be defeated!