Carpet

We have a wide variety of unique, whimsical and designer carpet to complement any game room, rec room, billiards room with any style of decor.
From sophisticated patterns to colorful solids, our carpet styles come in a full rainbow of shades, tones and hues. Whether it is a affordable budget, traditional, luxury, designer or custom carpet, we have the styles, selections and colors to let you make any carpet choose you choose. We have samples of every type of carpet imaginable, and a few you’d probably never imagine. You can let your creative side loose, and we can pick a carpet to match it..
We can order carpets in any color, pattern or style you can ever want. Give us a call and we can put down the carpets to make your home look great.

Find the Right Fiber for You

Fiber is carpet’s basic ingredient.

The four basic fibers used in carpets today all have their individual strengths. Even more importantly, they all make excellent carpets. Your ultimate choice will be determined by the characteristics that are most important to you.

Although some carpets are made of blends, most are made entirely of one of the following four fibers:

Nylon

Nylon is more expensive than other synthetic carpet fibers and has been the most commonly used carpet fiber since the early 1960′s. In overall performance characteristics, nylon is the most versatile of all fibers, providing excellent flexibility in creating a variety of carpet styles. Nylon can be found in a wide range of both cut pile and loop pile styles. It is durable, resilient, and receptive to dyeing for color versatility and uniformity; many new nylon yarn systems are also exceptionally soft. Though not inherently stain resistant, most nylon carpets are treated with stain-resist carpet treatment for protection against household spills and stains.

Polypropylene (also called Olefin)

Since 1980, the use of polypropylene carpet fibers has grown dramatically. Unlike the other fiber types, polypropylene will not absorb water and must therefore be solution dyed (pigmented) to impart color. Solution dyeing is a pigmentation process in which color is actually built into the fiber when it is formed, or extruded, thereby becoming an inherent part that cannot be removed from the fiber. The color will not fade, even when exposed to intense sunlight, bleaches, atmospheric contaminants, or other harsh chemicals or elements. However, since it is not as resilient as other fibers, polypropylene is normally used in loop pile constructions in which there is less need for superior resiliency.

Polyester

Polyester offers exceptional softness and color clarity, and it is also naturally stain and fade resistant. While polyester is not as inherently resilient as nylon, carpets made of polyester fiber will perform well if appropriately constructed. Carpets of polyester are generally available only in cut pile styles and are usually less expensive than nylon in comparable weights.

Recycled

Some carpet is made from recycled material. PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) carpet is made from recycled plastics of consumer packaged goods (typically soda and other rigid containers). PET carpet is durable, water resistant, and static resistant.

Wool

The preeminent natural fiber and used in the manufacture of carpets and rugs longer than any other fiber. In fact, the weaving of wool carpets has been traced back to 3,000 B.C., and wool rugs and carpets have been prized as objects of beauty and prestige ever since. Wool does not have the stain and abrasion resistance of some of the man-made fibers, but it has an enduring quality, and many wool carpets and rugs are said to “age gracefully.” Soft underfoot, wool also offers the somewhat intangible consideration of prestige. However, wool carpets are considerably more expensive than most synthetic carpets and represent less than 1% of all broadloom carpets sold.

A number of carpet styles utilize a fiber blend, such as nylon and polypropylene. The blending of fiber types to form the carpet yarn is designed to combine the beneficial characteristics of each fiber, such as the resiliency of nylon and fade resistance of polypropylene.

While these descriptions outline basic characteristics of different fibers, how the fiber is processed and fabricated – the construction – is more of a determining factor of a carpet’s performance potential.

Types of Carpet

Cut Pile

Cutting looped carpet fibers at the top creates cut pile with yarn bundles standing straight.  Pre-shearing cut pile several times creates a luxurious appearance.  Cut pile is less resistant to crushing than other types of carpet.

Saxony

Saxonies are tightly twisted cut piles that are heatset straight.  Saxonies consist of two or more fibers twisted together in a yarn.  They provide a soft texture for formal and informal areas.  Saxonies show every footprint and vacuum-cleaner mark.  These carpets have medium durability.

Texture and Textured Saxonies

Textures are the best-selling carpets and work well in informal areas (such as family rooms and children’s bedrooms) because of its soft feel.  Textures are tightly twisted and texture heatset for medium durability. They have a multicolored look that disguises tracks and footprints.

Velvet/Plush

Velvets/Plushes are lightly twisted and have a uniform color.  They are softer and more level than textures.  This type of carpet is ideal for formal areas (such as formal living rooms and master bedrooms) because of its luxurious appearance.  Velvets/Plushes show every footprint and vacuum-cleaner mark.

Frieze

Frieze is a highly twisted cut pile carpet suited for high traffic, informal areas.  It has short fibers that tend to curl in different directions at the surface to hide footprints and vacuum marks.

Cut and Loop Pile

Cut and loop pile combines cut and looped fibers.  It provides a variety of surface textures or sculptured effects for medium durability.  Cut and loop pile carpets are available in solid or multiple colors.  The different levels in this type of carpet can hide dirt and footprints in formal and informal areas.

Level Loop Pile

Level loop pile is made by weaving even loops of yarn into carpet backing at both ends.  This type of carpet is very durable and track resistant because of its strong loops.  Higher loops create a more luxurious appearance.  Level loop piles with short and densely packed loops are easy to clean.  They prevent dirt from filtering into carpet.  This type of carpet is ideal for high traffic areas.

Berber

Berbers are increasing in popularity faster than any other type of carpet.  Berbers limit footprints and vacuum tracks in informal areas.  Berbers can have thicker yarns than other level loop pile carpets for high durability. These loops can retain dirt and may be damaged from snags. Berbers come in expensive wool fibers or less expensive nylon, olefin, or nylon-olefin fibers.

Multi-Level Loop Pile

Multi-level loop pile is like level loop pile except that the loop heights vary (usually two to three different loop heights).  This carpet creates an appearance of random texture.  This type of carpet is good for high traffic areas but the smaller loops can sometimes hold more dirt.

(Sources: Shaw Industries Group, Inc., carpet dot org)

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