Creating coziness in the house, they often lay a carpet or carpet. In this article, we will consider the various types, pros and cons of carpets.

Content

1. General information  video
2. Carpets and walkways made of natural fiber
3. Carpet and pile material
4. The structure of the pile of carpets
5. Base material
6. How to clean a carpet  video

General information

Choosing carpeting, it is necessary to carefully evaluate the various options, since the surface of the floor is an essential element of the decorative style in the interior.

Wrong choices can be quite an expensive mistake. And vice versa, a high-quality carpet will serve you for many years, so if you do not have the opportunity to change the carpet every time you change the interior, make sure that your chosen carpet can harmonize with other color options in the future.

The most versatile for carpeting are neutral colors, or colors that include brown tones.

Keep in mind that the smooth color and small repeating pattern is suitable for rooms of any size, and the large contrasting pattern looks good in large rooms.

If you want to create the impression of increased space and decided to make carpets in adjacent rooms - use a single material.

You can create a patterned border on a single-color carpet, thereby giving individuality to the interior.

Carpets and walkways made of natural fiber

To create a coating of natural fiber, jute, hemp, coconut fiber and sisal are used.

Such carpet products have a warm textured surface and look especially attractive on a floor made of natural wood or laminate.

If natural fiber carpet products do not have a latex base, they cannot be cut to fit, otherwise they will begin to crumble.

The new product has a rather strong smell, but with time it weakens.

Carpets and open weave paths collect dust and dirt, they must be regularly removed and knocked out on the street.

Natural fiber easily gets dirty, therefore, in places where liquid is often spilled, it is impractical to lay them.

Carpet and pile material

A carpet is a rolled floor covering with a plain or repeating pattern and rough edges.

For the production of carpets several materials are used.

The most popular pile material is polyamide fiber.

This is a wear-resistant material, durable, resilient, but at the same time quite expensive. Polyamide fiber is antistatic, does not absorb dirt, has excellent fire-fighting properties.

Such fiber is well dyed and this allows you to create a wide color gamut.

The next material is natural wool.

Natural wool is durable, has excellent thermal insulation characteristics, is resistant to fire.

The disadvantages of this material are susceptible to the accumulation of static charge, low spot resistance, susceptibility to mold and moth. In its pure form, wool is almost never used.

There is a relatively inexpensive material - acrylic.

It is soft, ductile, pleasant to the touch, but has medium wear resistance. It is usually combined with other synthetic fibers.

The coating of propylene yarn cannot be dyed in the traditional way, so the paint is kneaded into the original mass during fiber production.

The finished coating never fades, in addition, propylene is antistatic and stain resistant.

It has disadvantages, such as: low wear resistance and susceptibility to high temperatures, melts at a temperature of 165 degrees Celsius.

The structure of the pile of carpets

Different carpets have different pile, it can be in the form of loops, can be cut and not cut, to give additional rigidity, the pile can be twisted.

Carpets with high wear resistance have short pile loops firmly drawn to the base.

Here are some types of pile:

1.Loop single-levelconsists of loops of the same height. It features high wear resistance.

2.Loop multilevel, obtained by combining loops of different heights.

3.Berber (large loop), consists of loops of different heights, may vary in color or shade.

4.Scroll (shaved loop pile), is created by cutting a multilevel pile. The sheared part forms pile sections, low loops remain uncut.

5.Cut pile. Formed after cutting the loops, followed by cutting. Softer to the touch than loopback, but less durable.

6.Velours. This is a dense, low, cut pile from an untwisted thread, fluffed after cutting.

7.Saxony. This cut pile from twisted and sharpened like a pencil, heat-fixed thread, has a high resistance to creasing.

8. Frize. Cut pile from a highly twisted, heat-fixed thread. May rise after exertion.

9.Shag (shavings). A very long cut pile, the fibers fall under the weight of their own weight. Coating with such a pile provides comfort, but is difficult to maintain.

10.Cut Loop Pile, This is a combination of cut and looped pile of different heights.

Base material

Artificial jute  - It is made of pure polypropylene or a synthetic mix, is not susceptible to moisture, does not wear, does not rot. It is undesirable to lay it on an expensive parquet, as it is a very hard and rough material.

Foam latex  - This material provides good heat and sound insulation, creates a feeling of softness. This carpet can only be pressed with the baseboard, it is not necessary to stick it to the floor. It has a short shelf life - only 5-7 years, so it is impossible to overthrow it, since the base can collapse.

Artificial felt  - it is not afraid of moisture, does not crumble when cutting, has high heat and sound insulation properties. Flooring on this basis is more expensive than the rest.

Thread (textile) coating  - easy to cut, fits almost seamlessly, is quite expensive. Woven fabric is commonly used for commercial carpets.

How to clean a carpet

When the carpet is soiled that vacuuming no longer helps, you can order dry clean.

Absorbent powder is applied to the surface, at the rate of 2 kg. 30 square meters soaked in detergent.

Using a machine equipped with brushes, it is rubbed into the pile, left for 30-60 minutes. Further, the absorbent that has absorbed the dirt is removed with a vacuum cleaner for dry cleaning.

If you need immediate cleaning - this is a great way, it is the only acceptable for silk carpets, it copes well with short-haired wool or synthetic coatings.

If we are talking about long-nap or loop-type coatings, then, according to some experts, dry cleaning should be abandoned, since absorbent particles will be difficult to completely remove.

In such cases, apply foam cleaning. The foam produced by the steam generator containing the active substances is rubbed into the pile using a brush of a disk machine.

After drying, it is removed with a vacuum cleaner. This method is suitable for all floor coverings except silk.

Author: Sergey and Svetlana Khuentsov

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