Carpet seams showing is often the difference between and ordinary carpet installation and a masterpiece. While invisible carpet seams are not always possible, it is the goal of many great installers to construct invisible seams. While this is an admirable goal, invisible seams should never be promised. In fact it is advisable for the sales person to tell the consumer in advance of the installation that the seams cannot be guaranteed invisible. [Read more…]
Carpet Pattern Matching
Carpet pattern matching seems like a no-brainer, a patterned carpet should match. At least this is the expectation of the end-user when they purchase a carpet. Why shouldn’t carpet match, they purchased wallpaper and it matched. Sometimes carpet pattern matching may be expected and it just isn’t going to happen no matter how good the carpet installer is. Some patterns are random patterns, an example of this would be many sculptures that have an overprint and printed saxony. A salesperson needs to be aware of carpet pattern matching capabilities so that this information can be passed on to the consumer in advance of the installation. [Read more…]
Visible Carpet Seams Installation Related
Visible carpet seams, why do they appear this way and are they normal? These are questions regularly addressed by floorcovering experts such as Terry Weinheimer and Kevin Weinheimer. In this article we will discuss some of the most common installation related causes of visible carpet seams. [Read more…]
Carpet Wrinkles and Proper Wrinkle Correction
Your new carpet has been installed for a few months and now there are so many carpet wrinkles that you can hardly find your wrinkled Shar-Pei dog among the carpet wrinkles. [Read more…]
Carpet Bowing Skewing Pattern Issues
Carpet bowing skewing and other pattern alignment issues are one of the most difficult task a carpet installer will face. Pattern distortion that is manufacturer related such as bow and skew, usually occurs during the finishing, or backing application process. While less common, carpet bowing and skewing can also occur during tufting or weaving. [Read more…]
Proper Carpet Installation
Importance of Proper Carpet Installation
Proper carpet installation or should I say the absence of proper carpet installation? This has been a problem in the carpet industry for many years. Today, some carpet installers are paid little than carpet installers were paid when I ran a floor covering workroom more than 30 years ago. To keep the price of installation down, many retailers and big box stores have used less expensive and less qualified carpet installers. They think that this is the only way to compete in the retail floor covering business, but they are wrong!!! [Read more…]
Modular Carpet Tile Patterns
Laying Modular Carpet Tile Patterns
Modular carpet tile patterns a great benefit for those that want more than just a solid or quarter turned appearance. With modular carpet tile patterns it is possible to use virtually unlimited color combinations and designs. When choosing modular modular carpet tile patterns there are a number of directions that the tiles can be turned, or adjusted to achieve a particular look. The more common patterns are quarter-turn, monolithic, brick, ashlar, non directional and duolithic. [Read more…]
Is Carpet Cushion Carpet Pad?
Carpet Cushion, Carpet Pad, What’s the Difference?
Is carpet cushion carpet pad? Cushion, pad, lining, or underlay are all synonymous terms used to describe any type of material that is placed under the carpet. A cushion carpet pad adds comfort, absorb s
hock, reduce noise, increase insulation, and improve the performance of a carpet. While all of these names are synonymous and all of them are used, the preferred term in the carpet industry is cushion. [Read more…]
Carpet Sprouting, Sprouts, Tuft Loss and Holes
Carpet Holes Sprouting and Yarn Pulling Out
My carpet is going to go bare! A complaint so often heard from consumers when they see loose tufts, snags and carpet sprouting on their wall to wall carpet. Seeing the yarn coming out of their carpet says to them that the carpet is failing and there must be a manufacturing problem. Most carpet sprouting issues, high tufts or even holes in carpet are not manufacturing problems even though they are a carpet issue that needs to be addressed. At the same time, some tuft loss on a cut pile carpet is considered normal and is not a reason for alarm. When in question, expert certified carpet inspectors like Terry and Kevin Weinheimer of the Weinheimer Group can determine cause and if a simple correction is called for or a carpet needs to be replaced. [Read more…]
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