I have no trouble wiping my feet on a doormat, but what do you do about a wheelchair?
It’s wet and possibly muddy out, your wheelchair is going to leave dirty marks on the floor, in public buildings I’d have to say I do nothing, but what about visiting friends houses, what do you do?
Hi ayjay,
Get them to instal a car wash using a DFG.
Big Al.
Hi
Refuse to visit?
Only visit if they either take up their carpets or accept the consequences?
Suggest they put down dust sheets?
Only visit on nice days in the Summer and sit in the garden? (Requires direct access to the garden)
Make them visit you?
It’s a problem I agree. Luckily I have very few friends, either with or without carpets.
Sue
There are such things as Wheelchair Slippers(!) if you feel you’d like to use them. I’ve seen them on Amazon/Ebay and such. Mind you, I’d imagine someone would have to help fit them on, once you’re inside the door. They’re a bit like elasticated steering wheel covers. 
When I visited my daughters new gaff, with stupid cream carpets, I took a runner mat and they laid it down and it moved......ex son in law was none to pleased! Chuff im…as I said, he`s an ex!
I rarely visit people`s homes as they arent that accessible, they visit me or we just phone!
pollx
Hi Poll,
I don’t get visits or phone calls. I don’t have cream carpets.
What should I do?
Al
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Hi Poll,
I don’t get visits or phone calls. I don’t have cream carpets.
What should I do?
Al
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Ooo!
I’ll get those canapes out again. The ones I bought for the jubilee. Shall I make some paper hats?
I’ll make the invites! No, it’ll cost in postage, so let’s just leave it as an open invite here. We don’t want those able bodied guys muscling in. They’ll only steal our moves!
Ant, don’t get any carpets fitted… especially not cream ones!
Pollx
Cream carpets…has the world gone mad? When the dog drags it bum across the carpet you’d soon wish it wasn’t cream!
Able bodied types stealing our moves? I’m more worried about them stealing the twiglets!
My sister-in-law, (now deceased due to breast cancer) had cream carpets - I hated visiting there - it’s bad enough taking shoes off on entry, but as a smoker I’d have to put them on again to got outside for a fix - off again going back in - just too much hassle - a chair by the door would have been nice.
As I suspected, there appears to be no real answer to the dirty wheels problem, maybe a good wipe down on arrival and some newspaper on the floor is about the best that can be done - fortunately we don’t have that many friends either so it rarely occurs as the wheelchair is not always a necessity - this was a first in 18 months.
I looked (somewhat half-heartedly) on eBay for “Wheelchair slippers” and just saw slippers.
I use wheels now, i can come too…
I’ll bring wagon wheels…
Jen x
Wagonwheels!
Your in.
3 wheels on my wagon, but I’m still rolling along…
Anyone remember that?
Pollx
Ha, next Friday the nice carpet men are coming and removing my bungy’s cream carpet. It was here when I moved in and it is very nice but there is a reason why I don’t have anything cream or white! (And I think any gentleman who lives in a bungy for a long time and buys cream carpets should be informed that sometimes they need hoovering or cleaning erm erm.) Anyway, it will be replaced by a nice brown striped carpet. I dog sit sometimes for my son and his big mut comes and he is lovely, but the first thing I do is put down tarpaulins down everywhere there is a carpet. Then once a day, I shake the tarpaulin outside the door and all the fluff and stuff drops off. It doesn’t look very nice but needs-must.
No, but then it probably only applies to chariots Boudica. X
That`s lovely and ever so sensible Hebe!
pollx
Yep, not like me at all! Not known for being sensible usually ha ha. My clubbing name used to be Duracell, now I’m being sensible!! Happens to us all I suppose at some time.