One of the biggest causes for concern and one of the largest categories of claims and complaints on cut pile residential carpets is for shedding, fuzzing and pilling. Cut pile carpets have always shed especially those made with staple or spun fibers. A staple fiber...
My unofficial straw poll taken by questioning a variety of flooring dealers from all over the country who call us with questions on problems or issues daily has given us a glimpse of good news. There is an up tick in business being experienced of late and a...
The Green movement is upon us and it particularly affects the floor covering industry. Flooring material of some kind whether soft surface or hard surface, is installed in virtually every building and home in the world, which makes for billions of square feet of...
Sheet vinyl flowing lifting off of concrete substrates that looks like blistered skin from a burn, wood flooring turning up at the edges, carpet tiles emitting fowl odors from reactions with “wet” slabs. All of these compromises in floor covering and then some,...
When installing floor covering of any kind one of the most important areas of concern is the substrate; it must be clean, dry and free of any contaminants or foreign materials that will prevent the flooring material from being and staying installed. Moisture in the...
It is lamented that the biggest problem in the floor covering industry is poor installation and installation failures. While installation is a challenge in the industry for a variety of reasons with all floor covering, it is not the biggest cause of flooring...
