Woven Carpet

Types of Carpet Tiles

Carpet tile, also called carpet square, are similar to traditional carpets in texture and content. The difference mainly is that the traditional broadloom carpet is huge in size while carpet tiles are cut into sections typically square in shape. Most people choose carpet tile because of the easy installation and use than those wide carpets that are rolled in the floor. The most visible advantage of this tile is its size. When torn or stained, someone does not have to change the whole carpet instead, only the square that is damaged.

Carpets are made from natural or synthetic fibers. These materials are chosen based on durability, manufacturing ease, costs, and appearance. Examples of yarn that are used are wool, nylon, polyester, and a variety of polyester called PTT. Cotton is usually the binding material in carpets.

There are different types of carpet tiles existing in the market namely woven, tufted, needfelt, flatweave, hooked rug, knotted pile, cut and loop files, Saxony, and textured Saxony.

Woven carpet is manufactured through looms and is cut pile. Most carpets of this type are expensive for they are normally made up of colored yarns put together. The only limitation for woven is the number of colors that can be sewn together. An example of this is velvet. It is the simplest and almost all of the yarn is in the surface and not hidden in the back.

Tufted carpets, on the other hand, uses either a single colored or a non colored yarn. Since it is produced by a tufting machine, it is easier to manufacture than woven carpets requiring weaving. A tufting machine is a large sewing machine with many needles on it. For coloring, it is dyed or printed with a design but this encompasses a separate process.

Today, being more technologically advanced, the needfelt type of carpet is produced through electrostatic attraction of fibers. Often, this kind of carpet is used on hotels where there a number of people stepping on it. This is because the needfelt carpet is widely known for durability.

Further, the flatweave type is created by knitting of vertical and horizontal threads. It forms embroidery where the front and back part are almost the same. While a hooked rug requires human touch because it is produced by pulling strips of cloth together, a knotted file carpet is more structural in shape for a part of it rise on the surface of the weave.

There is also a carpet designed to hide dirt and footprints underneath. This type is called cut and loop files and is available in different colors too. On the contrary, saxony consisting of twisted cut piles shows each and every footprint. A modification of saxony is the best selling in the market called textured saxony carpet because it provides a greater soft feel.

Many companies sell a variety or sometimes all of the types or carpet. The important thing to consider when choosing over the type of carpet to be used is the need for it. Thus, it is a must that someone buying a carpet knows the differences among these types.

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