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CARPET

Learn about Carpet kinds & Styles

Styles of Carpet 
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                  BERBER CARPET

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  • Loop pile carpet for high traffic areas.

  • Easy to clean, hides foot prints & vacuum marks.

  • Wide variety of colors and patterns.

  • Good choice for living/family rooms. basement, hallways & stairs.

  • Loop pile carpet for high traffic areas.

  • Easy to clean, hides foot prints & vacuum marks.

  • Wide variety of colors and patterns.

  • Good choice for living/family rooms. basement, hallways & stairs

​                FRIEZE CARPET

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  • Cut pile carpet made from twisted fibers.

  • Durable, will not show footprints or vacuum marks.

  • Durable and sound absorbing

  • Good choice for bedrooms, living/family rooms & basements.

               PLUSH CARPET​

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  • Cut pile carpet.

  • Durable, absorbs sound, thick and comfortable.

  • Great for families, kids and pets.

  • Good choice for living/family rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms & basement

​          CUT AND LOOP CARPET

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  • Combination of cut & loop pile, that offers unique designs.

  • Variety of patterns & textures, from traditional to contemporary.

  • Great durability.

  • Good choice for bedrooms, living/family rooms, dining room, hall

POLYESTER

Benefits

  • Cost effective

  • Fade resistant

  • Resists water

  • Based stains

  • Resists moth and mildew

  • Sometimes made from recycled material

Disadvantage

  • Poor resiliency leading to crushing

  • Susceptible to pilling and shredding

  • Non- resistant to oil stains

  • Synthetic

FIBERS

OLEFIN

Good for medium traffic areas

Benefits

  • Stain resistant

  • Mildew and moisture resistant

  • Resists chemical stains

  • Resists bleaching anf fading

  • Cleans well

Disadvantage

  • Susceptible to oil and soil stains

  • Poor resiliency leading to crushing

  • Poor abrasion resistance

  • Doesn’t wear as well as nylon

  • Synthetic

NYLON

Good for high traffic areas

Benefits

  • The most durable

  • Very resilient to crushing, Matting and abrasion

  • Stain resilient and resistant

  • Soil and mildew resilient and resistant

  • Works well with most cleaners

  • Very versatile

Disadvantage

  • More expensive

  • Prone to static

  • Synthetic

Good for low to medium traffic areas

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