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Carpet Warranties

By Terry Weinheimer 2 Comments

Carpet Warranties Are Diverse and Confusing

carpet warrantiesCarpet warranties are diverse and often confusing to the consumer and professional alike. A fiber manufacturer may imply through a photo in an ad that a carpet will perform in a way that it may not. A salesperson may give the consumer an expressed or implied warranty by stating or inferring that a product will perform in a certain way. Fiber manufacturers, carpet manufacturers, and many dealers offer limited product performance warranties.

Express: To represent in words or to give or convey a true impression of.
Imply: To involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement.

Carpet Warranties are Voluminous and Ever Changing

The number of carpet warranties existing in the industry are voluminous and ever changing. For example, Companies such as Scotchgard offer stain and soil type warranties. DuPont, the largest supplier of nylon carpet fiber, now and in the past has offered several warranties including Stainmaster plus, Stainmaster Grand Luxuria, Stainmaster Xtra Life and Stainmaster Master Life. Each of these warranties has included one or more of the following: 5-year limited stain resistance; 5-year limited soil resistance; 5-year limited texture retention; 10-year limited texture retention; lifetime anti-static. Other manufacturers have just as many carpet warranties of their own.

A carpet wear warranty is offered on almost all first grade carpeting that is manufactured today. Carpet manufactures offer wear warranties than will range from 5-years to lifetime. Some big box stores and carpet dealers offer carpet warranties of their own.

Understanding Carpet Warranties

An understanding of carpet warranties is important but due to their volume, as well as their many similarities, we will cover them only in generic fashion. The consumer, dealer or other individual with the need to know should study carefully any and all warranties that pertain to the product they are dealing with at that time.

As a professional it is advisable to collect and digest warranties, copies of which are available through the various carpet and fiber manufacturers and can usually be found on the Internet.

Read Carpet Warranties Before Purchase

While it is seldom done, it is always advisable that a consumer read and study the carpet warranties that are being offered, prior to purchasing a product so that they understand their rights and obligations before making a major purchase. The author is not saying that a dealer needs to set down and explain each warranty to the consumer in advance of the purchase; what he is saying is that these carpet warranties should be available and the wise consumer should take advantage of the availability. If consumers did study the small print in warranties in advance, and not just read the headings, there would probably be a real change in how carpets are marketed. Additionally, the author is saying that a salesperson should not represent a product for being warranted for a use that it is not.

Article modified from Carpet Inspectors Handbook by Terry and Kevin Weinheimer

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Comments

  1. susan says

    March 1, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    we purchased brave soul 1 carpet from home depot in 9-6-2019 pretty color and seemed install was fine. several ,months i noticed fibers being raised up. I thought this was just part of the process of carpet aging. i have noticed that around the same area im seeing more and more of this sprouting. now its everywhere on the carpet. i vacum with a quality oreck. i now will have to contact home depot. the carpet is freeze polyster. you mentioned possible not glue was applied it comes out in strands i think its manufacture whats your thought?
    thank you susan

  2. TWG says

    March 4, 2020 at 6:53 am

    Susan, the way you describe the situation the sprouts sound more like buried yarn that did not get sheared at the time of manufacturer. If that is the situation, it is generally corrected by cutting the sprouts with scissors. I would suggest that you contact Home Depot and ask that the carpet be inspected. An on-site inspection so it can be determined if this is a correctable concern or a problem with the carpet that is not correctable.

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