Carpet
Having new carpets installed in your home or business is a wonderful and exciting time, but do you know the different types of carpets available? Which type of carpet is best for your individual needs? Prattville Carpet would like to share a few tips on the various types of carpet so you can make the best buying decision.
The most common types of carpet
Most homes and many businesses prefer what is called cut-pile carpet. It is the best-selling carpet in America. Cut-pile carpet is called this because the carpet fibers are looped and then cut along the top of those loops, which makes the fibers stand up straight.
Second in popularity are the Saxony carpets. Saxony carpets are manufactured by cutting the fibers to an appropriate length and then twisting them before heating them to make them stand straight. While beautiful and luxurious, Saxony carpets quickly show footprints and vacuum marks.
One way to avoid the marks left on a Saxony carpet is to choose a textured Saxony carpet. The textured pattern hides any marks, but the carpet retains the excellent feel of a Saxony product. This type of carpet is very popular in family rooms, living rooms, and bedrooms.
Consumers with a formal area, such as a dining room, who want a rich, luxurious carpet often choose plush carpeting, also known as velvet carpeting. It offers a very soft underfoot feel as well as a uniform color. Even so, this type of carpet will also show vacuum tracks and footprints.
Second in popularity are the Saxony carpets. Saxony carpets are manufactured by cutting the fibers to an appropriate length and then twisting them before heating them to make them stand straight. While beautiful and luxurious, Saxony carpets quickly show footprints and vacuum marks.
One way to avoid the marks left on a Saxony carpet is to choose a textured Saxony carpet. The textured pattern hides any marks, but the carpet retains the excellent feel of a Saxony product. This type of carpet is very popular in family rooms, living rooms, and bedrooms.
Consumers with a formal area, such as a dining room, who want a rich, luxurious carpet often choose plush carpeting, also known as velvet carpeting. It offers a very soft underfoot feel as well as a uniform color. Even so, this type of carpet will also show vacuum tracks and footprints.
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When only carpet will do
Some homeowners have been loyal to the carpet for years, refusing to stray from its luxurious underfoot feet and fantastic features. Others are just now finding out about the tremendous floor covering and its new benefits. Now is a better time to choose this material for your floors, and we will tell you more about that. Prattville Carpet is a family-owned business that proudly offers various flooring and guaranteed installations.
To ensure your flooring experience is the absolute best, we personalize your care and service, paying special attention to exactly what you want and need in your flooring. We proudly serve the areas of Prattville, Montgomery, Millbrook, Wetumpka, and Pike Road from our showroom in Prattville, AL. We invite you to stop by so we can start your flooring experience immediately.
Carpet has undergone significant changes over the years, and each brings a new level of customer satisfaction. If you have ever avoided this material, this is a great time to revisit an old classic. It could be that it meets all your criteria for the perfect floor covering, and you don’t want to miss that. The busiest households and those with small children will appreciate the fact that this is flooring that reduces noise levels. You may remember hearing an echo in rooms with hard surface flooring.
This is because there is nothing to absorb the sound. This is particularly helpful between levels of your home. The age-old debate about the link between carpet and allergies finally found a resting ground in carpet fibers manufactured hypoallergenic. For allergy sufferers, the news couldn’t be better. All those allergens that used to waft through the air are captured and held until you can vacuum them up and discard them.
One of the best things about carpet, and we’re sure you’ll agree, is that it can amount to more money in your pocket. It is an excellent source of insulation all by itself, regardless of fiber. The better news is that the under pad also adds the insulating effect. Since insulation can reduce the amount of heat loss in your home, your home stays warmer in cold weather.
To ensure your flooring experience is the absolute best, we personalize your care and service, paying special attention to exactly what you want and need in your flooring. We proudly serve the areas of Prattville, Montgomery, Millbrook, Wetumpka, and Pike Road from our showroom in Prattville, AL. We invite you to stop by so we can start your flooring experience immediately.
New benefits mean new carpet.
Carpet has undergone significant changes over the years, and each brings a new level of customer satisfaction. If you have ever avoided this material, this is a great time to revisit an old classic. It could be that it meets all your criteria for the perfect floor covering, and you don’t want to miss that. The busiest households and those with small children will appreciate the fact that this is flooring that reduces noise levels. You may remember hearing an echo in rooms with hard surface flooring.
This is because there is nothing to absorb the sound. This is particularly helpful between levels of your home. The age-old debate about the link between carpet and allergies finally found a resting ground in carpet fibers manufactured hypoallergenic. For allergy sufferers, the news couldn’t be better. All those allergens that used to waft through the air are captured and held until you can vacuum them up and discard them.
One of the best things about carpet, and we’re sure you’ll agree, is that it can amount to more money in your pocket. It is an excellent source of insulation all by itself, regardless of fiber. The better news is that the under pad also adds the insulating effect. Since insulation can reduce the amount of heat loss in your home, your home stays warmer in cold weather.
Berber carpet
One of the more expensive types of carpeting is known generically as Berber carpet. Many consumers are turning to this type of carpet, even though it is more costly. The reasons are simple: Berber carpet has thicker yarn fibers, which make it incredibly durable, even under heavy foot traffic. The price of Berber is less today than just a few years ago, mainly because manufacturers have found new, less expensive fibers to use instead of the traditional woolen fibers.
Areas with a lot of foot traffic, such as commercial locations, often opt for frieze carpets. With this type of carpet, the fiber piles are twisted tightly, thus giving it a durable surface that can stand up to a lot of use and abuse. This frieze carpeting does not show track marks, another reason many businesses love it.
Commercial, heavy-duty carpet
Areas with a lot of foot traffic, such as commercial locations, often opt for frieze carpets. With this type of carpet, the fiber piles are twisted tightly, thus giving it a durable surface that can stand up to a lot of use and abuse. This frieze carpeting does not show track marks, another reason many businesses love it.
Multi-loop carpeting
Multi-loop carpeting is also a very popular choice for locations that have a lot of foot traffic, and can be used in homes as well. With multi-loop carpeting the piles are cut at various lengths, giving the carpet a textured look and a very durable surface.
Today, consumers have a variety of affordable carpet types to select from for use in either home or business. Why not visit our showroom today and learn more about how we can help you get that new carpet installed right now?
