Experience the soft warmth of carpeting and enjoy a welcome landing spot for happy feet. Carpeting muffles sound to make any room more serene, and the plethora of textures, colors, and patterns enhances your style. You'll also appreciate the built-in dirt-repelling technologies.

Many of today's carpets can withstand pets, kids, and heavy traffic. Study the carpet types to help you determine which will stand up to the use of a particular room. Olefin, PET polyester, and triexta fibers all resist stains. Olefin and triexta fare well with household cleaners. Nylon and triexta are known for long wear in high-traffic areas, and both resist pilling and fuzzing. Essex County Floors can help guide you to what kind of carpet will be best for you. As far as installation, it is a breeze for us. In most cases we can have your carpet ordered and installed within 24-48hours. Give us a call 973-296-2863.

Carpet Types

Berber Cut-Pile
A fresh take on berber with a plush look, berber cut-pile feels thick underfoot and adds personality to any room through beautifully crafted and colored yarns. This carpet suits casual rooms and kids' rooms, with subtle color flecks that hide soil between cleanings

Berber Loop-Pile and Multilevel Loop
A wool-like carpet with a rugged loop surface, this carpet wears well and suits casual rooms with lots of traffic and activity as well as contemporary, country, or cottage furnishings. With its natural, handcrafted appearance, it also creates a warm, personal atmosphere and helps hide footprints and vacuum marks.

Cut-Loop 
A cut-and-loop pile carpet with discernible carved definition spices up floor surfaces with accent colors and suits both formal and contemporary settings. From soft tonal combinations to bolder color mixes, this carpet hides soil and stains with multicolor effects and looks great between vacuuming.

Saxony 
This refined cut-pile surface ideal for traditionally styled living and dining rooms adds distinctive elegance to any room. Lending a smooth, soft finish, this carpet shows subtle highlights and accents

Textured Plush 
A cut-pile carpet that works in a variety of settings and styles hides footprints and vacuum marks. Adding casual beauty to any room, textured plush is a great whole-house carpet and works well for busy households.

Fibers

 

Nylon

• Durable, resilient
• Abrasion resistant
• Wide selection of colors
• Favorably priced
• Must be treated to resist stains and soil

PET polyester

• Clarity in color; colorfast
• Resists water-soluble stains
• Luxurious feel

Triexta PTT

• Permanent stain protection
• Resists wear
• Easy maintenance
• Dries quickly
• Luxurious feel

Olefin polypropylene

• Resists fading, chemicals, moisture, and stains
• Limited color selection
• Generates static electricity
• Favorably priced

 

There are essentially two ways in which color is created in today's carpets: Post dyed, or stock-dyed, carpets are dyed after tufting. Most residential carpets are post dyed. Although the color is on the surface of the fiber, new dye additives provide better color retention than ever before, which means the color stands up to sunlight and regular cleaning with less fading. Solution-dyed, or preyed, carpets feature yarns dyed before being sewn together or tufted. This dying method is extremely colorfast and results in color throughout the thickness of the fiber, so fading is less of an issue. Preyed carpets tend to be more expensive than post dyed products.

If you have a beautiful wood or stone floor but love the warmth and softness of carpet, it's possible to have the best of both flooring types. Add an area rug, or have the edges of a piece of carpet finished to look like a custom area rug to fit a room of any size or shape. The edges can be finished with binding or surging. A binding finish is created by stitching a narrow strip of fabric over the edge of the carpet to give it a finished look and prevent raveling. Surging is a whip stitched finishing technique that encases the carpet edge in thread. It is used frequently on Oriental rugs and loop-pile (berber) carpet. Heavy carpets may need to be surged by hand because they are too thick to feed through a carpet-binder machine. Decorative fringe can be sewn onto the edge of a carpet to make it look like a larger area rug. Essex County Floors has access to infinite styles of area rugs. Call us today 973-296-2863

Saxony: Level-cut pile is made up of closely packed tufts; luxurious surface good for formal settings.

Plush: Also called velvet; yarn is longer than a saxony, but is less dense; good for informal rooms.

Frieze: Twisted tufts that curl at the surface create a textured look that hides footprints; suitable for high-traffic areas.

Level Loop: Uncut pile contains loops of yarn of the same height; hides dirt well in high-traffic areas.

Multilevel Loop: Two or three levels of tufts form a random, sculptural look for informal and formal rooms.

Cut-and-Loop (or Cut-Loop): Higher tufts of cut yarn combine with lower loops for informal settings.

Fiber: Although the overall choice here is either synthetic or natural, several fibers are available in the synthetic category.

Wool: Noted for its soft, luxurious feel, but may be less resilient than synthetics, and carpets usually costs more.

Sisal: Made from plant fiber, and popular for its textured look.

Nylon: The strongest, most resilient carpet fiber; good for all traffic areas.

Polyester: Soft to the touch, but less resilient than nylon; resists water-soluble stains; carpets better suited for low-traffic areas.

Olefin: Resists moisture and mildew; suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications.

Acrylic: Often used in plush or level-loop carpet; offers the luxurious appearance and feel of wool at a lower price.

Different Types of Manufacturing

Yarn Twist: All yarns in cut-pile carpeting have been twisted and heat-set to retain the twist. The tighter the twist, the longer the carpet will keep its original appearance. Typically, carpets feature yarns with 2.5-6.0 turns per inch, with most in the 3.5-5.0 TPI range.

Pile Height: Shorter nap resists crushing and looks newer longer.

Density: The amount of yarn used and the closeness of the tufts has a large impact on performance. Denser carpets will be more crush-resistant. To determine density, bend the carpet. Less backing will show in denser carpets.