Why choose carpet
Premium carpet in your home is durable enough to handle household activity yet stylish enough to make an incredible impression. Carpet offers gorgeous color and texture while providing soft performance in areas like family rooms, living rooms, dens, and bedrooms. You can easily find quality carpet options that are suitable for families, children, and pets, that will withstand the wear and tear of daily life and occasional high-traffic events like parties and family gatherings.
Types of carpet
Explore different carpet constructions and fibers when selecting between carpet types. Carpets get their strength and stability from the fibers bound together, twisted into yarn, and sewn into the backing. Since more fibers in each yarn will create a stronger and denser carpet, and create better performance, select your construction based on your household activity level. Similarly, different carpet fibers will provide exceptional qualities such as color clarity, luxurious pile, stain resistance, resiliency, and easy cleanability. Let’s find the right combination of carpet construction and carpet fiber matched for your specific household factors.
Carpet Cleaning Tips
Vacuuming is the best way to care for your carpet! Regular weekly vacuuming as frequently as possible will help minimize dirt build-up, stains, odors, and discoloration. This ensures that your carpet wears slower and more evenly over time. Match your carpet construction and fiber type with the appropriate vacuum model to ensure efficient airflow and particle removal.
We always recommend 1-2 annual professional carpet cleanings as a part of your overall carpet care strategy. Deep cleaning your carpet will ensure that any residual spill or potential absorption from spills is removed entirely. Deep cleaning your carpet at any point will also help remove visible stains, eliminate any noticeable odors, benefit those who suffer from allergy symptoms, and restore a dazzling appearance.
Make sure to always treat spills on your carpet as quickly as possible with warm water to prevent permanent stains from forming and moisture absorption. First, lift any solid material with a spoon, starting from the outside of the spill and working in. Blot the stain with paper towels or a dry white towel and warm water. If warm water alone does not remove everything, consult your manufacturer’s guidelines to find a gentle carpet-specific cleaner to treat the area.
Always use mats by entranceways to help remove damaging particles from reaching your carpet pile. Have residents and guests take off footwear by the door, especially during inclement weather. With pets in the home, make sure to trim nails and claws to avoid snagging carpet and creating tears. Also, brush your pets regularly to reduce dander and complete house-training before your pets can spend time on carpet.
Remove all furniture, furnishings, electronics, and wall hangings from the rooms receiving new carpet, as well as the closets. Since carpet cannot be installed over existing flooring, the current floors need to be removed and disposed of entirely. Depending on the new carpet pile height, you may need to take doors down and shave the bottoms to ensure full range of motion. Any imperfections in the subfloor will need to be repaired before installation. Once your subfloor is assessed by the installation crew, your space is ready for carpet installation.
On carpet installation day, you will need to be on hand to answer questions that arise for your crew during the process. Specify an area for the installation crew to keep potentially dangerous tools and cut carpet as needed. Keep all children and pets away from the installer’s work area and rooms receiving new carpet. Establish proper ventilation as advised by your crew. This is the time to ask your installation crew any questions about your new carpet!
Once your new carpet is down, your installation crew will advise you on how long you need to wait before using the room. In some cases, new carpet is ready for light foot traffic immediately! Once you have waited for the specified amount of time, always return furniture by either lifting it or using proper moving equipment with rolling equipment. When you begin vacuuming your new carpet, you will see and experience normal carpet shedding for the first few weeks.
Carpet inspiration
Great ideas inspire even more great ideas. When you look through our carpet inspiration gallery,
make note of your favorite carpet styles and design solutions, then bring them to our experts.
