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Nexus™ Naturally is our environmental statement for those that like their colours to be natural and free from dye stuffs. Completely undyed and true to nature, this is a 100% wool, fleece to floor carpet that has all the distinctive characteristics you would expect in an organic product.
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New from Fells Carpets
Taking the feature wall to create a feature floor
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Succeed in 2018 with fresh new ranges At Regency Carpets we have launched one of our most ambitious ever programmes of product developments in 2018 to ensure you have the right carpets at the right price, when you need them.
JASON BRIMBLE AVON & GLOUCESTERSHIRE M: 07794 041266 jbrimble@furlongflooring.com BEN THOMAS MID & WEST WALES
M: 07794 048809 bthomas@furlongflooring.com STEWART WAITHMAN DEVON & CORNWALL M: 07794 048413 swaithman@furlongflooring.com
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YORKSHIRE & NORTH EAST
M: 07794 048414 tbailey@furlongflooring.com
TONY CONWAY BEDS, NORTHANTS, OXON & BUCKS
JAMES DAVIES YORKSHIRE & EAST LANCS
MARTYN MORRIS SOUTH YORKSHIRE
M: 07973 403450 mmorris@furlongflooring.com
M: 07816 217549 plovell@furlongflooring.com
M: 07791 891024 jakien@furlongflooring.com
M: 07983 446969 rlockey@furlongflooring.com
jdavies@furlongflooring.com
PAUL LOVELL NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & CAMBS
JOHN AKIEN EAST & WEST SUSSEX
RICHARD LOCKEY NORTH EAST, EAST COAST
M: 07968 828516
M: 07816 217561 pfletcher@furlongflooring.com
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TIM BAILEY SOUTH EAST WALES & HEREFORDSHIRE
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ALAN CAIRNIE EAST SCOTLAND
M: 07976 311434 acairnie@furlongflooring.com
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Carefree bleach cleanable fibre 4 & 5 metre widths 10-year wear & stain warranty 2-ply, heavy domestic yarn Action back Smart new sampling and POS
ALAN CHEETHAM GTR MANCHESTER, CHESHIRE, SOT & STAFFORD M: 07966 263571 acheetham@furlongflooring.com DANNY BROWN MERSEYSIDE, WIRRAL & NORTH WALES M: 07597 459642 mdowson@furlongflooring.com MARK DOWSON PART LANCS, FLYDE COAST & CUMBRIA
M: 07980 786265 mdowson@furlongflooring.com
NORMAN MacFEETERS WEST SCOTLAND
M: 07970 163372 nmacfeeters@furlongflooring.com
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Competitive, best-selling products - all available now from UK stock
Natural solutions supplies some of the most beautiful hardwood, laminate and LVT ranges available which never go out of style.
ALAN HESLING S.W, SOUTH, S.E. LONDON, SURREY (INSIDE M25) M: 07793 244619 ahesling@furlongflooring.com JACK Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;CONNOR SOUTH BUCKS, BERKSHIRE, WEST LONDON, SURREY (OUTSIDE M25) M: 07816 217550 JOConnor@furlongflooring.com ANDY THOMPSON ESSEX, HERTFORDSHIRE
M: 07816 217565 athompson@furlongflooring.com DARREN SPENDIFF KENT
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Comfortable, resilient cushion flooring All ranges available 2, 3 and 4 metres wide All products are R10 rated 5, 7, 10 and 15-year warranties available
ADAM HILTON NOTTS, DERBYSHIRE & LINCS M: 07872 964685 ahilton@furlongflooring.com WESLEY GRAHAM LEICESTER, WARWICKSHIRE M: 07968 324598 wgraham@furlongflooring.com MIKE SHUTT BIRMINGHAM/ STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE M: 07970 158594 mshutt@furlongflooring.com JAMIE COLLINS N.W, NORTH, EAST & CENTRAL LONDON
12x engineered ranges and a solid oak range to cover all budgets and requirements 3x exclusive laminate ranges, that offer buyer protection and include modern herringbone designs 4x exclusive LVT ranges of dryback and click Matching accessories, underlays and care kits Hard flooring specialist team for sales support
www.furlongwoodflooring.co.uk HARD FLOORING SPECIALISTS
A full range of vinyl flooring reflecting contemporary design themes in wood and ceramic tile decors.
ADAM CLARK S.YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE, NORTH EAST, EAST COAST, NOTTS, DERBYSHIRE, LINCS M: 07970 269730 aclark@furlongflooring.com
M: 07816 217548 jmcollins@furlongflooring.com
M: 07980 786 264 slittlewood@furlongflooring.com
JEFF COLLINS ESSEX, HERTS, N, N.W. & EAST LONDON, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, CAMBS M: 07793 244 620 jcollins@furlongflooring.com GUY FERGUSON KENT, HAMPSHIRE, DORSET, SURREY, EAST & WEST SUSSEX M: 07816 217 558 gferguson@furlongflooring.com
Preston Sales
tel: 01772 696787
Gloucester Sales M: 07791 890861 dspendiff@furlongflooring.com
STEVE LITTLEWOOD LANCS, FLYDE COAST, CUMBRIA, GTR MANCHESTER, CHESHIRE, SOT & STAFFORD, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE, N. WALES
tel: 0845 520 0800
JOHN POWERS S.W. LONDON, W. LONDON, SURREY, MIDDLESEX, BERKSHIRE, BEDS, OXON & BUCKS, NORTHANTS M: 07792 477 312 jpowers@furlongflooring.com RONNIE REDPATH S.E. WALES, HEREFORDSHIRE, AVON & GLOUCESTERSHIRE, LEICESTER, WARWICKSHIRE, BIRMINGHAM, SHROPSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE M: 07794 367 825 rredpath@furlongflooring.com
fax: 01772 311921 fax: 01452 222515
London Sales
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H&V are a leading carpet manufacturer based in Belgium. We deliver direct from Belgium to the U.K supplying full rolls only, without a minimum order quantity. Delivery is 5 working days from receipt of order. Contact your local sales agent below for further details and sample books.
Representation North West, West Midlands, Southern Ireland Paul Hugo (Sales Manager) 07813 714498 North Wales, Cheshire Matt Bell 07980 223303 Scotland James Hall 07787 140136 Yorkshire, North East England Steve Allitt 07971 952873 East Midlands Charlotte Jarvis 07460 875070 Northern Ireland Norman Gray 07860 495649 South West, South Wales Adam Nicol 07885 738975 London, Berkshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, South East Jon Marsh 07976 795821 Zac Marsh 07828 663325
Carpets to dance about!
Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire Richard Cooper 07860 525 245 Belgium Office Johny Peeters 0032 475 71 08 69 0032 513 20 54 3
H&V Carpets NV, Nijverheidsstraat 26, Meulebeke, West-Vlaanderen, 8760 Belgium Email: handvuk@gmail.com
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.EW 2ANGES OUT NOW Jacs Designer tonal loop pile in 100% wool available in 4m and 5m widths.
Memphis
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Super luxurious 100% wool loop pile available in 4m and 5m widths.
Natural Weave herringbone design with a stripe option.
Denver A stylish heavy domestic tonal loop pile in 100% wool, available in 4m and 5m widths.
Supreme Stripe A heavy domestic tonal stripe in 100% wool loop pile. NEW
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Our best selling level loop 100% wool product available in 12 up to the minute colours in both 4m and 5m widths.
Las Vegas A chunky luxurious loop pile in 100% wool available in 4m and 5m widths.
Sisal Boucle & Sisal Berber A heavy domestic tonal stripe in 100% wool loop pile.
The Stone Fibre Collection designs. Each design available in 4 colours, in 4m and 5m widths.
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Our UK Sales Team Ron Fewery 07976 244892
Derek Boyd 07940 320708
Martin Gorny 07530 365125
Richard Comboy 0749 629 3150
London, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, East Anglia, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire
Scotland
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Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria & North Wales
Lee Palmer 07774 101640
Stephen Binnersley 07710 618754
Channel Islands
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Steve Acton 07957 836207 Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset
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Steven Korobjeko 0770 229 2558 Yorkshire & the North East
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Kingsmead Carpets Relay Park, Relay Drive Tamworth, B77 5PR. UK
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Tel: +44 1827 831424 Fax: +44 1827 831425 info@kingsmead-sales.co.uk www.kingsmeadcarpets.co.uk
SALES EXECUTIVES AND CONTACT DETAILS Clint Carver - 07970 888 916 (Northern Sales Manager) clint.carver@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Adrian Garner - 07947 524 633 (DE NG LE CV ST) adrian.garner@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Dave Wood - 07980 737 278 (KW IV PH PA AB DD KY FK G ML KA) dave.wood@kingsmead-sale.co.uk Joe Bradley - 07773 046 384 (HU YO HG DN LN S) joe.bradley@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Hamish Maclean- 07968 563 016 (DL EH CA DG SR NE TD DH TS) Hamish.maclean@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Chris Sheldrake - 07980 761 347 (HX HD M SK BL OL BD LS SF) Chris.sheldrake@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Mick Garner - 07796 993 913 (CM WD AL SG LU MK NN) mick.garner@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Peter Thomas - 07779 017 950 (LL CH CW WA L WN PR FY BB LA) peter.thomas@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Colin Arber - 07976 749 552 (CO CB IP NR PE) colin.arber@kingsmead-sales.co.uk
ADORE
Adore is a luxurious, heavyweight heather carpet that comes with a 10 year stain and wear resistant guarantee. Using fine, soft 100% Everlon polypropylene fibre in a high quality two fold yarn, Adore colour palette of 11 heather shades reflects todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trends with a mix of natural and grey shades, choosing from Flint and Thatch that will provide warmth and comfort to any home. It's available in both 4m and 5m widths with fitter friendly cosy backing.
Ian Shopland - 07971 914 418 (Southern Sales Manager) ian.shopland@kingsmead-sales.co.uk To be confirmed (SY TF WS WV DY B WR) info@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Zamman Bilgrami - 07977 112 095 (CT TN BN RH BR CR SM KT) David Guscott - 07773 048 574 (ME DA RM SS IG EN N E SE) david.guscott@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Stuart Leigh - 07791 890 441 (TR PL TQ EX TA DT BA BS) Stuart.leigh@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Lee Card - 07538 836 273 (SA LD NP CF HR GL) lee.card@kingsmead-sales.co.uk
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Paul Henson Essex (Outside M25) Cambs, Suffolk, Herts (East of A1) 07837-295379
Sarah Rowse Kent/Sussex 07881-502507
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Double appointment at Victoria As the new year gets into full swing Victoria are strengthening their sales team with a new Sales Executive in North Yorkshire/North East, with the appointment of Scott Lea (on the left of the picture). Scott has joined Victoria from Ryalux where he was a Regional Manager and before that with Manx, Woodward Grosvenor and Westex. With this experience, he will be a great addition to the Victoria team. The second appointment is Sean Brett. Sean will be an addition to our southern Irish sales team under the Navan brand. Sean will bring with him a wealth of experience, working as a sales rep for Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dea & Co Ltd for the last 13 years covering Munster area, and before that worked in the retailing side of the business. Phil Hartley MD at Victoria said: we are delighted to welcome both Scott and Sean to the Victoria and Navan sales team, I am sure both will add strength and depth to our existing sales force.
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GRADING FINISH PRODUCT CODE SPECIES Victoria Multilayer Oak T&G Collection R69 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED SMOKED UV OIL R71 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED UV OIL R72 OAK BRUSHED SMOKED HAND SCRAPED UV OIL RUSTIC R77 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED HAND SCRAPED DARK WALNUT STAINED UV OIL OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED POLAR WHITE UV OIL R95 R99 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED GREY STAIN UV OIL R100 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED HAND SCRAPED UV OIL R102 OAK RUSTIC UV CLEAR LACQUERED Richmond Engineered T&G Collection R22 OAK RUSTIC UV CLEAR OIL R23 OAK RUSTIC UV CLEAR LACQUER R24 OAK RUSTIC UV CLEAR LACQUER R54 OAK RUSTIC UV CLEAR OIL R63 OAK RUSTIC UV CLEAR LACQUER R65 OAK RUSTIC UV CLEAR OIL R66 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED WHITE SMOKED UV OILED R67 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED SMOKED UV OIL R74 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED LIMED WHITE UV OIL R75 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED POLAR WHITE UV OIL R76 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED ICE GREY UV OIL Chelsea 5GC Click Collection R25 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED COFFEE MATT LACQUERED STAIN R31 OAK RUSTIC EARTH NATURAL LOOK UV OIL STAIN R43 OAK RUSTIC LIGHT COFFEE MATT LACQUERED STAIN R44 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED GREY MATT LACQUERED STAIN NEW Chelsea 5GC Click Collection R89 OAK RUSTIC MUSHROOM GREY OAK BRUSHED MATT LACQUERED R90 OAK RUSTIC PEARL WHITE OAK BRUSHED UV OILED R91 OAK RUSTIC DARK MOCHA OAK BRUSHED MATT LACQUERED R92 OAK RUSTIC EARTH NATURAL OAK BRUSHED UV OILED R93 OAK RUSTIC RICH GOLDEN OAK BRUSHED UV OILED R94 OAK RUSTIC LIGHT COFFEE OAK BRUSHED MATT LACQUERED R97 OAK RUSTIC NATURAL STONE OAK BRUSHED UV OILED R101 OAK RUSTIC MINK GREY OAK BRUSHED UV OILED Kensington Engineered UNICLIC Collection R03 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED LIGHT BROWN STAIN UV OILED R11 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED WHITE SMOKED UV OILED R13 OAK AB CLEAR UV LACQUER R14 OAK AB CLEAR UV OIL R15 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED SMOKED UV OIL R73 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED SILVER LIGHT GREY STAIN UV LACQUERED Mayfair Multilayer Collection R52 OAK RUSTIC SMOKED DEEP BRUSHED WHITE UV OIL STAIN R61 OAK RUSTIC DEEP BRUSHED BLACK STAIN GREY UV OIL R62 OAK RUSTIC DEEP BRUSHED WHITE UV OIL STAIN Knightsbridge Multilayer Collection R60 OAK BRUSHED SILVER GREY/BLACK UV OIL STAIN RUSTIC Fulham Engineered UNICLIC Collection R04 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED SILVER GREY/BLACK UV OIL STAIN R78 OAK RUSTIC CLEAR UV OIL R79 OAK RUSTIC CLEAR UV LACQUER R80 OAK RUSTIC CLEAR UV OIL R81 OAK RUSTIC CLEAR UV LACQUER R85 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED GREY STAIN UV OIL R88 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED DARK WALNUT STAIN UV OIL R98 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED WHITE STAIN UV OIL Islington Multilayer Collection R82 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED POLAR WHITE UV OIL R83 OAK RUSTIC CLEAR UV OIL Belgravia Herringbone European T&G Left & Right R19 OAK RUSTIC WHITE UV OIL STAIN R20 OAK RUSTIC LIGHT GREY UV OIL STAIN R21 OAK RUSTIC FRENCH GREY UV OIL STAIN R45 OAK RUSTIC DARK GREY UV OIL STAIN R64 OAK RUSTIC CLEAR UV OIL Hampstead T&G Collection R86 AM BLACK WALNUT RUSTIC CLEAR UV OIL City 2G Click Collection R50 OAK RUSTIC BRUSHED GRAPHITE GREY STAIN MATT LACQUERED Venice Collection R190 OAK RUSTIC CLEAR UV LINE R191L OAK AB CLEAR UV LINE Dynamic Vinyl 2G Click Collection VLVT6001 OAK N/A SHADOW CREEK VLVT6003 SMOKED OAK N/A KIAWAH SMOKED VLVT6013 DARK WALNUT N/A AUGUSTA DARK VLVT6022 GREY OAK N/A MEDIHAH GREY VLVT6031 LIMED OAK N/A SAWGRASS LIMED VLVT6033 LIGHT WALNUT N/A RIVIERA LIGHT VLVT6045 OAK N/A CYPRESS VLVT6046 OAK N/A MUIRFIELD VLVT6051 GREY OAK N/A VALHALLA GREY VLVT6072 OAK N/A HARBOUR TOWN VLVT1611 TILE/STONE N/A LIGHT GREY VLVT1612 TILE/STONE N/A MEDIUM GREY VLVT1613 TILE/STONE N/A DARK GREY VLVT3531 WEAVE N/A BANDON DUNES VLVT3541 WEAVE N/A CRYSTAL DOWNS VLVT5431 VINTAGE OAK N/A SAND HILLS VINTAGE VLVT6154 WHITE OAK N/A PINE VALLEY WHITE VLVT6311 GREY OAK N/A PEBBLE BEACH GREY Urban/Exquisit Laminate 2G Click Collection AVENEL/HONEY OAK N/A MATTLOOK SCOTTSDALE/VENICE OAK N/A MATTLOOK CARNOUSTIE/HAVANA OAK N/A MATTLOOK SUGARLOAF/FROSTED OAK N/A MATTLOOK CONGRESSIONAL/GINGER OAK N/A MATTLOOK OLYMPIC/UMBRIA OAK N/A MATTLOOK HAZELTINE/JAKARTA OAK N/A MATTLOOK KAPALUA/SANDHILL OAK N/A MATTLOOK DIAMOND CREEK/SPRING ELM OAK N/A MATTLOOK
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Mark Broster - London South/Home Counties - 07766 255 222
John Constable - London South/Home Counties - 07836 734 322
VACANCY - Scotland
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1.95m2 1.95m2 1.95m2 1.95m2 1.95m2 1.95m2 1.95m2 1.95m2
1.444m2 1.444m2 1.444m2
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T&G T&G T&G T&G
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UNICLIC UNICLIC UNICLIC UNICLIC UNICLIC UNICLIC UNICLIC UNICLIC
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T&G
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15mm 15mm
1.968m2 2.256m2
9mm 9mm 9mm 9mm 9mm 9mm 9mm 9mm 9mm
1.67m2 1.67m2 1.67m2 1.67m2 1.67m2 1.67m2 1.67m2 1.67m2 1.67m2
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Steve Fletcher - North Yorkshire - 07831 818 989
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Alternative Flooring has won “Best Design and Customer Service, award on Houzz, the leading platform for home renovation and design. This design-led flooring brand was chosen by the more than 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than one million active home building, home improvement and design industry professionals.
The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the users on Houzz. Customer Service honours are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2017. A “Best Of Houzz 2018” badge will appear on winners’ profiles, as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals on Houzz. “We are so excited, and proud, to have been voted a winner of the prestigious ‘Best of Houzz 2018’ award in both their Design & Customer Service categories by the wonderful Houzz community. Houzz is a great platform to showcase the best in lifestyle interiors and design,” said Kirsty Barton, Commercial Manager Marcus Hartwall, Managing Director of Houzz UK and Ireland said: “We’re so pleased to award Best of Houzz 2018 to this incredible group of talented and customer-focused professionals, including Alternative Flooring. Each was singled out for recognition by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts for helping to turn their home improvement dreams into reality. T 01264 335111
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Barefoot breakthrough
Polyflor has announced the launch of their new Polysafe Quattro collection. This innovative safety flooring range offers barefoot and shod sustainable wet slip resistance with a stud-free finish for enhanced comfort underfoot.
Polysafe Quattro has been specifically designed to provide a high degree of slip resistance in continually wet areas within the healthcare, residential care, housing and leisure sectors. This includes areas such as changing rooms, walk-in showers, wet rooms, adapted bathrooms, spas and pool surrounds. As the potential for slips is higher in wet environments, it is important to choose a HSE compliant safety flooring such as Polysafe Quattro which offers sustainable slip resistance, assured throughout the product’s guaranteed life. Polysafe Quattro has been engineered to offer enhanced slip resistance for bare feet and footwear, achieving 50+ on the Pendulum Test (Slider 96) plus Class B to DIN 51097 for barefoot use and also conforming to the EN 13845 European safety flooring standard, with successful completion of the 50,000 cycles abrasion test. Polysafe Quattro is available as a 2mm gauge flexible sheet which allows it to be thermally welded, coved up walls and easily installed around drains and awkward corners for a hygienic and watertight wall to floor finish. Polysafe Quattro is available in a carefully developed colour palette of 12 shades, including warm neutrals, fresh blues and soothing greys that will complement any interior design scheme in a commercial or residential setting. Six shades feature a subtle tonal chip design, whilst the other six are a solid colour with colour complementary aggregate. Tom Rollo, Polyflor’s Marketing Manager, comments, “Polysafe Quattro has been designed to enhance both commercial and residential interiors and encourage a sense of wellbeing. This range is an exciting addition to our safety flooring portfolio offering an aesthetically pleasing yet practical solution for areas where there is a high slip risk, so users can feel comfortable and safe.” T 0161 767 2551
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NEWS Adam goes Greene
Adam Carpets is delighted to announce a collaboration with The Little Greene Paint Company. Little Greene have agreed to coordinate some of its stunning paint colours with both Adam Carpets’ Castlemead Twist and Fine Worcester Twist ranges.
“It is great news that we have started to work with Little Greene,” said Eamonn Prescott, Sales & Marketing Director at Adam Carpets. “The company’s colour experts have recommended paint shades specially to coordinate with each of the 125 carpet colours that make up our Castlemead and Fine Worcester ranges, meaning a luxurious, soft floor can be a true focal point for interior designers.” There are three colour suggestions for each of the colours. They represent: neutral, tonal and “you might consider”. Adam Carpets have produced a handy guide that enables customers to see the coordinated carpets and paints side by side. These guides will be available from retailers stocking Adam Carpets ranges. David Mottershead, Managing Director at Little Greene said “The natural synergy of the two companies and their products made it an obvious yet innovative project for us to undertake together. As fellow manufacturers, we understand Adam Carpets’ heritage and share a similar pedigree, so it was very satisfying to see how beautifully our products can be combined to further enhance one another”. Adam Carpets are a family owned carpet manufacturer which has been making carpets in Kidderminster since 1869. T 01562 829966 www.adamcarpets.co.uk
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Nobility cleanability
Soft Noble Deluxe is the latest StainSafe addition to the Balta collection, bringing excellent value and permanent stainresistance in four and five-metre widths. The elegant 5/32” cutpile style comes in a 10-strong palette featuring sophisticated greys and timeless neutrals, making it an incredibly versatile quality that’s ready to bring the warmth and comfort of carpet in any home. “Continuing the graceful look of Soft Noble, but in a heavyweight 1,800g/m2 pile, Soft Noble Deluxe brings a premium feel thanks to its indulgent 15mm pile,” explains Geert Vanden Bossche, marketing director, Balta. “That said, it still offers the excellent value that has been a hallmark of StainSafe styles since the very beginning.” Rated suitable for Heavy Domestic use, Soft Noble Deluxe can be used throughout the home with confidence. The carpet’s two-ply 100% PP yarn ensures resilience and wear resistance enough for a lasting 15-year wear warranty, making it a great option for homes looking for a lasting quality that’s also extremely cost-effective. In both four and five-metre widths and with Actionbac for better stability and easier fitting, Soft Noble Deluxe is a super-thick style that brings all the performance of StainSafe carpet to homes looking for a welcoming and luxurious carpet. T +32 56 62 22 11 www.baltagroup.com
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NEWS Sweet success
Bubblegum & Liquorice, an assortment of bright and playful cushion vinyl flooring designs from Avenue, has been reinvigorated for 2018 with the introduction of nine hot new looks.
One of the brand’s most popular collections, Bubblegum & Liquorice has matured for 2018, with some of the more outlandish looks replaced by intelligent and sophisticated approaches to tile and geometric design. Of course, the ever-popular rainbow stripe remains, but these new designs prove the collection as one for the style conscious. Duck egg blue dominates the introductions with Sagres and Dots representing colour updates to existing designs. New for 2018, the exotic Magali and Shalimar also feature the shade, the latter harking back to tiles of grand Parisian residences. Elsewhere the strong black/white theme remains, the new Siena a twist on the resurgent diamond pattern found in York. Also available in a grey/white combination, both styles are joined by variants of Sagres and Magali in the same tonal combination. Lattice joins the Bubblegum and Liquorice collection for this year, its over-scaled weave available in black/white, while an all-black Dots rounds out the introductions. As part of Avenue’s Choice collection of great value cushion flooring in two and three-metre widths, Bubblegum & Liquorice comes with a seven-year wear warranty and features a specially developed Thermoback foam backing for better underfoot comfort and warmth. Updates to the Avenue Floors display unit will be rolling out to retailers this Spring. T 0800 032 3970 www.avenuefloors.co.uk
Spring in its step
Home and lifestyle retailers attending the Spring Fair were treated to an extraordinary display of rug styles from Flair Rugs, as the company showcased its latest introductions and enduring favourites.
The latest Luxmi range took centre stage with visitors shown delights such as Solitaire, Persian Fusion, Cairo and Alpaca. Named after the mother of founder Dinesh Shah, Luxmi is the brand’s premium residential collection, so proved the perfect introduction to Flair Rugs for home and lifestyle retailers at the show. Luxmi also features the Inspired by V&A capsule collection and the supplier previewed the SS18 launches in the collection, including a striking design inspired by 1920s promotional posters for ocean liner voyages. Selected styles from the value-driven Simplicity and core collection were also on show at the exhibition, highlighting that Flair Rugs has a depth of portfolio unparalleled by any other supplier and offering something for every budget and style. Presented on a new look stand, dominated by high-gloss white, the array proved impressive to many visitors: “The Spring Fair was a busy show for us and it was great to see so much interest in our styles from online and physical retailers,” says Sinead Donohoe, marketing manager, Flair Rugs. “Rugs are the perfect addition in any home and lifestyle store; an easily accessible, take-away item that adds a complementing sales stream and with qualities to suit every price-point, our rugs cover impulse to considered purchase.” T 01457 850660 www.flairrugs.com
Art and archive
Louis de Poortere has launched the stunning Antiquarian collection of rugs drawing on original designs from its archive.
Centred around three designs in the Heriz, Bakthiari and Hadchlu patterns that formed some of its best-selling face-to-face wool rug qualities from the 1960s – 2000s, the Antiquarian collection reinvents these iconic designs for today’s homes. These rugs present a modern cotton flatweave with a heavy handdistressed effect for an authentic worn look. “Antiquarian is a truly extraordinary machine-made collection that draws on our library to celebrate some of our most iconic rugs,” explains Alan Russell, sales director. “While traditional at their heart, each design has been given a thoroughly modern rework and hand-distressed to give the worn-vintage look that’s a huge driver in contemporary rug design. The range is a great way to bring-back old favourites in a manner that’s undeniably modern and far from pastiche.” The legendary 782-Hadchlu, often known as the ‘Notary Rug’, was famed for its ability to blend into a classic notary study as easily as it could into a sleek yuppie interior. Showing a familiar yet almost-forgotten pattern, Antique Heriz features a large central medallion and a stair patterned perimeter. With the original inspired by traditional Persian designs; and Antique Bakthiari celebrates the traditional patterns from the Iranian tribe of that name. Each hand-finished jacquard woven quality is made from 100% cotton and comes with an anti-slip backing. Made in Belgium in a range of sizes from 140 x 200cm up to 290 x 390cm, Antiquarian is a stand-out collection that brings fabled quality to iconic designs reimagined for the modern home. T 0800 032 3970 26 March 2018
www.louisdepoortere.com
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NEWS Unilin eco boost
Unilin, division flooring, is the first flooring manufacturer to receive the much-coveted EU Ecolabel for its direct pressure laminate (DPL) flooring. Unilin’s Pergo and Quick-Step laminate flooring and Pergo Parquet already have the Nordic Swan label. By adding the EU Ecolabel to its standard-produced Pergo, Quick-Step and Balterio laminates, Unilin delivers on its promise to produce healthy, sustainable flooring while also further strengthening its market position.
Introduced in 1992 by the European Commission, the EU Ecolabel is a label of environmental excellence that is awarded to products and services meeting high ecological standards throughout their life cycles: from raw materials extraction to production, distribution, and disposal. The criteria for the Ecolabel are set by a number of stakeholders, including NGOs, governments, industry, academia, and consumer groups. Intended to guide and inform consumers about a product’s impact on health and environment, there’s an EU Ecolabel for a variety of products and services. At the end of January 2017, the EU Ecolabel for wood, cork and bamboobased floor coverings was revised to include laminate flooring. This voluntary label goes far beyond legal requirements. For example, in the case of chemicals, the EU Ecolabel strictly prohibits certain chemicals, or the corresponding limit values are much lower than required under applicable laws. To qualify for an EU Ecolabel certification, flooring manufacturers need to: • • • • • • •
Use materials that are produced in a sustainable way; Meet specific criteria based on the product life cycle approach; Lower energy consumption for production; Significantly limit the use of hazardous compounds; Restrict levels of hazardous residues; Limit contribution to indoor air pollution; Promote durable and high-quality products
floorwise firm grip
Diamond Gripper is known throughout the flooring industry as the benchmark in quality and value, giving assured grip no matter what the task. Extra-wide and with an increased number of quality zinc-coated rust-resistant pins, Diamond Gripper is ideal for the latest generation of super-thick PU underlays, holding fast even with 10 and 11mm thick qualities. A sign of a fitter’s attention to their craft, Diamond Gripper is a feature of high-quality installations and when complex jobs demand more from gripper, it’s the box of Diamond Gripper that fitters turn to. Great for power-stretching and five-metre wide installations, it is the best gripper around. “Diamond Gripper has been proving itself for years in the most demanding of jobs,” says Richard Bailey, managing director, floorwise. “While others have tried to make similar products wider or with more pins, none have been able to match Diamond Grippers legendary quality and unbeatable value.” Wider than most standard qualities, Diamond Gripper helps to reduce accidental damage to walls and skirting when nailing to make installation faster, so it’s easy to see why this is another floorwise product to be a popular choice for fitters across the country.
The EU Ecolabel is one of the most practical tools to promote the circular economy in the EU Single Market. For Unilin, sustainable sourcing and disposal will always be a focal point in its activities.
Available in pre-nailed options for concrete, wood and dual-purpose, Diamond Gripper can be found at floorwise trade counters throughout the UK and Ireland. Packaged to ensure each length arrives in perfect condition, this benchmark in gripping prowess is ready to grab on tight and not let go in all carpet installations.
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Carpet recycling rises
Volumes of carpet waste diverted from landfill in the UK continue to rise, with 168,000 tonnes reused, recycled or recovered for energy in 2017, reports Carpet Recycling UK.
This represents a diversion rate of 42% - up from 35% and an increase in 26,000 tonnes compared to 2016, according to the industry body’s latest figures. Around 400,000 tonnes of waste carpet arise each year in the UK. Energy recovery accounted for 124,000 tonnes with the growing use of carpets as a renewable fuel source in cement kilns and 42,000 tonnes were reused or recycled. In 2017 main growth areas were in equestrian surface materials, carpet tile reuse, carpets for cement kilns to replace fossil fuels and local incineration of municipal solid wastes (MSW). CRUK Director Laurance Bird said: “Our Core Funder manufacturing and distribution members continue to succeed and provide outstanding support to CRUK as well as to their customers. These Core Funders are industry leaders in developing voluntary producer responsibility for carpets throughout their lifecycle.Thanks to their unstinting commitment and support, we are continuing to advance sustainability in this sector and drive growth in recycling capacity.” CRUK’s core funders are Cormar Carpets, Lifestyle Floors/Headlam, Brinton Carpets, Desso, ege, Milliken and Balsan. CRUK’s retailer and flooring contractor membership is growing as more companies acknowledge the cost savings and positive sustainability impacts for their businesses. “They appreciate the help from our Core Funders to improve their results, in many cases saving thousands of pounds per year,” continued Laurance. T 0161 440 8325 28 March 2018
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Royal appointment
Products by F. Ball and Co. Ltd. have been used to create a smooth floor finish as part of the refurbishment of the Royal Voluntary Service building in Hertford. Stopgap Green Bag smoothing underlayment, Stopgap P131 General Purpose primer and Styccobond F44 Acrylic Adhesive, were used to install vinyl flooring throughout the office. Contractor Mark Rutty of MR Project Management & Flooring Services contacted F. Ball and Altro to request donations of materials for the restoration of the charity building. Floor fitter Daniel Sweeney was subcontracted to install 70m2 of flooring in the building, which is home to the charity which helps to enrich the lives of older people across Britain. When Daniel arrived on the site, the old floorcoverings had already been taken up. He began preparing the subfloor by installing Stopgap Green Bag, a fast setting, low odour, protein-free floor smoothing underlayment. The cured product has a high strength, making it suitable in areas subject to both light and heavy-duty traffic. The protein-free composition makes Stopgap Green Bag suitable for use in clinical and biologically sensitive areas. Stopgap P131 General Purpose primer was then installed over the area. Stopgap P131 is a primer designed to promote the adhesion of Stopgap smoothing underlayments to smooth non-absorbent surfaces. Finally, Daniel used Styccobond F44 Acrylic Adhesive to install wood-effect vinyl sheet floorcoverings. A solvent free acrylic emulsion adhesive, Styccobond F44 is designed to give a high bond strength, strong initial tack and a long open time. It is protected against biodegradation and is suitable for use over normal underfloor heating installations. T 01538 361 633
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Heavenly display
The striking made in Heaven display by Balta is now rolling out to retailers across the UK.
Featuring two eco-friendly, supersoft polyester styles in Angelic and Aurora, the display presents a bold look that is sure to standout in store. Using a new design finished in attractive purple and beautiful angel imagery, the compact-footprint Made in Heaven lectern brings a new dimension to carpet and flooring shops. “With its large 22x22” samples, this new look lectern really allows the softness and gorgeous colour palette of Made in Heaven to shine while delivering maximum visual impact,” says Geert Vanden Bossche, marketing director, Balta.
Academy overhaul
The Academy for Excellence in Flooring has unveiled a make-over to its facility with the entire ground-floor refreshed and showcasing some of the latest laminate, engineered wood and vinyl floors available from Quick-Step.
Based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, the 6,500ft2 Academy for Excellence in Flooring has been training industry professionals since 2012, its specialised fitting bays and training centre among the best equipped in the country. Of course, no makeover would be complete without a stunning new floor and the Academy has showcased two of the latest styles from leading manufacturer and supporter, Quick-Step in the new Majestic waterproof laminate collection of super-long and extra-wide planks, as well as the striking chevron patterned Intenso engineered wood. Public and breakout areas have also been updated to enhance the experience of visitors, bringing the Academy for Excellence in Flooring right up-to-date and making it the country’s most modern and well-equipped flooring training facility. “We’ve seen more and more installers, retailers and merchants come through the Academy’s doors every year and having been open for six-years, it was certainly time to breathe new life into the centre,” explains Lee Thompson, procurement and technical manager. “With our fresh breakout and public spaces, our facility is even more welcoming than before and with some of the best equipped training bays in the country, the Academy is certainly ready for the next generation of Master Installers and retailers, merchants and industry professionals looking to expand their knowledge.” www.quick-step-academy.co.uk 30 March 2018
“Made in Heaven, with the elegant ‘beautifully soft carpet with a hidden strength’ strapline, has been created to capitalise on the heaven-like luxury of the polyester yarn and to offer a less masculine approach to carpet branding. We’re confident these new lecterns offer something different and will help retailers by clearly communicating the benefits of this fibre that’s rapidly growing in popularity.” Made in Heaven carpets are bleach cleanable and offer really impressive stainresistance. In a resilient twoplay yarn, the eco-friendly polyester fibre is also resilient, with a 15-year wear warranty on the 2,000g/m2 Angelic. Both Angelic and Aurora are rated Heavy Domestic and come in a palette of 12 timeless neutrals and subtle pastels. T +32 56 62 22 11
www.baltagroup.com
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Wools of New Zealand Changing the Game Wools of New zealand is on a mission to Change the Game. The farmer-owned company supplies carpet and textile mills in the UK and Europe with clean white wool from its farms in New zealand. Under a new brand licensing scheme only products that carry authentic Wools of New zealand fibre may carry the famous Wools of New zealand or Laneve brand. Wools of New Zealand specialises in growing white wool whereby the wool growers know the final destination of their fibre often before the lambs are born. An example is Ulster Carpet’s Open Spaces, Auckland and Queenstown, two elegant loop pile carpets, designed in the UK in colours that are only possible using pure white fibre.
DuPont works with customers across a wide range of industries to make products and industrial processes more efficient and sustainable. In recent years DuPont have re-invented themselves to focus on renewables and have values and a purpose that align extremely well with Wools of New Zealand’s strategy.
Wools of New Zealand continues to innovate and has revealed a number of game changing innovations the 1st being Glacial XT, a new wool scouring process that significantly increases the whiteness and lustre of wool, even further, without compromising the environment or fibre quality. Glacial XT delivers a new colour space for wool. Expect to see some exciting new products in 2018.
Bringing together their world-leading Laneve traceability and technologies like Glacial XT with DuPont’s global leadership in bio-sustainable, high-performance materials inspired this collaboration of expertise and products, scheduled for release in 2018.
Continuing on the Change the Game theme WNZ have announced a partnership with DuPont to create a new generation of products for textiles that will offer enduring performance characteristics with a sustainable, renewable and eco-friendly profile.
“Wools of New Zealand is truly a leader in responsible wool supply. This level of care, along with their devotion to innovation and quality control is exactly what we at DuPont seek in partners,” said DuPont™ Sorona® Global Segment Leader, John Sagrati. “They occupy a premium position in their market and have a proven track-record of performance and sustainability with the unique capability to deliver consistent, tailored fibres.”
Palliser Ridge – The first Wools of New Zealand farm to be accredited with the Responsible Wool Standard
Wools of New zealand’s farms operate under strict rules governing animal welfare and land management. They have partnered with some major global retail brands to help create a new benchmark, the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS). This standard is operated by the Textile Exchange who created the Responsible Down Standard. Wools of New zealand already have farms delivering wool into products under this new global scheme that will be in UK retailers in 2018. Wools of New Zealand UK www.woolsnz.com info.uk@woolsnz.com March 2018 31
NEWS Grass is greener
For Spring/Summer 2018, Lano, through its Landscaping division, is launching a range of new artificial grass qualities, including the new Pro Lawn collection for premium duties.
Replacing Aster and Marigold, Lano has overhauled its hugely popular Easy Lawn collection with the introduction of Anica and Valeria, bringing the collection up-to-date in this fast maturing market. Using a new C-shaped yarn for improved resilience in a 65% polyester and 35% polypropylene construction, Valeria provides a UV-resistant monofilament quality ideal for use in residential applications. Bringing a unique four-colour effect in an olive shade and deep 38mm pile, the style brings a relaxed, informal look to gardens. Anica takes a fourcolour yarn in in a 65% polyester and 35% polypropylene construction, this time presenting a meadow green shade and shorter pile for a more elegant look. Both are available as standard in four-metre width rolls, with two-metre wide on request. The launch of Pro Lawn demonstrates just how far the artificial grass market in the UK has come over the last few years. Providing a premium collection that offers faultless performance and lasting UVresistant colour, Pro Lawn comes in six styles. Sirius, Multi-Lane Lux and Multi-Lane use the same high-quality 70% PE/30% PP four-colour monofilament yarn, while Vinca employs the new C-shape for improved resilience. Hedera comes in a six-colour version of the 70% PE/30% PP four-colour monofilament yarn. Florence is available in a four-colour 100% PE monofilament for the ultimate in performance. All Pro Lawn styles are available as standard in four-metre width rolls, with twometre wide on request. T 00800 5266 5266
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Kick-off with Keegan
Don’t fall foul of the deadline; book your tickets now at www.recofloor.org for the football-themed Recofloor 2018 Awards Event to be held at Liverpool Football Club’s Anfield ground on Thursday April 26th.
The seventh annual awards event promises to ‘pull out all the stops’ celebrating the waste vinyl flooring recycling achievements of participants in Polyflor and Altro’s national Take Back scheme. Guest host England football legend and Ballon d’Or winner Kevin Keegan will be sharing his career anecdotes and presenting trophies and certificates to Recofloor members who have excelled across nine award categories. Since 2009, the scheme’s 700-plus members have contributed to nearly 4,000 tonnes of vinyl flooring waste being diverted from landfill and recycled. One of the UK’s best loved players and managers, Kevin Keegan, took on the mantle of the head of the national team in 1999. A lauded pundit and experienced sports presenter, Kevin is a former European Footballer of the Year. Running from 10.30am to 3.30pm, the day also features a number of guest flooring industry speakers and offers ample opportunities to network, share expert knowledge and learn more about how the Recofloor scheme can work for your business. Urging flooring companies and individuals to secure their places, Recofloor Project Officer Joe Gardner says: “Tickets invariably go fast for our everpopular Awards event, which offers great opportunities for members to celebrate and share their successes and good practice. Please book by April 13th 2018 and we look forward to welcoming you there!” T 0161 355 7618
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Splashing out
Egger has expanded its range of laminate flooring with Aqua+ technology from 10 decors to 18. Featuring the latest ceramic and woodgrain decors, the collection provides a high quality, functional product with style. The new range of Aqua+ decors are part of the Egger PRO Flooring 2018-2020 collection which provides the answer for both commercial and private interiors.
Egger’s innovative collection of 18 Aqua+ decors features the latest technology, providing a water resistant floor that is well suited to bathrooms, restaurants, kitchens and bars. Not only is it more cost effective than glued and grouted ceramic tiles, it is also the only laminate floor in the market that can be steam cleaned. Scott Wolters, UK Sales Manager said, “The Egger PRO Laminate Aqua+ is already a firm favourite and the new decors will be a welcome addition to the collection. We get great feedback about Aqua+. It provides a high quality finish that does not require special gluing or sealing joints and is easy to install, Customers like the fact it can be used across a number of application areas and interiors.” An Egger Aqua+ board is five times more resistant to water swelling than a standard laminate due to specially developed high density fibre (HDF) core board. This unique technology also prevents warping if the environmental conditions change in the interior. All of the Aqua+ decors come with a lifetime warranty which covers domestic use for 30 years and commercial use for five years. T01434 602191 www.egger.com
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DOMOTEX Hannover 2018 Review - part 2 •
Flooring faster to follow fashion The world’s biggest flooring show is a window on what’s coming through in consumer trends in the years ahead and Domotex doesn’t disappoint in setting the agenda for flooring fashions.
Interior design trends Flooring follows at a respectful distance to changes in interior trends but the gap is getting closer and flooring is responding more quickly to the latest in fabrics, soft furnishing and decor. Two opposite extremes were in evidence in Hannover. Firstly, a trend towards natural garden textures (houseplants, apparently, are back in vogue in a big way!) and with wood decors and green in many shades an increasingly popular choice. There is also a lot of money being made these days in every conceivable type of artificial grass – not only outdoors but in garden rooms and conservatories. The counterpoint is the continuing popularity of concrete – in terms of colour and texture, and not only in hard flooring but in cushion floor and even examples of concrete-styled carpet. "Urban" greys and silvers are everywhere. But away from the abundance of greys and muted pastels, there are signs that brighter, cleaner colours are finding their way into household designs more commonly – although the buzz around purple as the 2018 colour of choice may be a little too much for flooring to take at present! Somewhat surprisingly, there has been a distinct revival in the popularity of marble decor effects across all the smooth flooring types – with a propensity towards white and black designs.
Hard and soft carpet The increasing use of polyester in carpets is a very marked development across several manufacturers who are seeking to perpetuate the popularity of "soft" while underwriting the style with the greater performance of polyester. Meanwhile, more introductions of nylon carpet and the ever improving technology of polypropylene has seen the overall value of synthetic carpet increase. This is a positive sign in a sector that has historically chased the price down, putting quality and performance at risk – now manufacturers are keen to sell consumers a better product for a little more money. There is a sense that the success of “soft” has caused the industry some unforeseen consequences in driving carpet upstairs and encouraging more smooth flooring downstairs. The launch of a number of hard, more robust carpet constructions in 2018 will seek to redress the balance to some extent. Wool loop carpet, already enjoying increased popularity among interior designers, seems also to benefit from the downstairs smooth flooring trend as loop is seen as an attractive, coordinating texture alongside smooth floors. Elsewhere in wool, there is exceptional design on show that adds extra value to the strong credentials of natural fibre.
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UK gets set to adore rigid LVT Adore Floors Adore is one of the most innovative names in LVT in Europe and the US but this year it is all set to step up its presence in the UK with a major marketing operation for its ranges of high performance rigid bamboo core flooring. The Regent collection is designed to be exceptional on several levels but at its heart is the Adore Core of FSC certified bamboo and polymer core composition which offers a denser, stronger and waterproof construction. This rigid core approach allows the floor to be laid across existing floors with excellent dimensional stability and with less acclimatisation required – and it is all 100% recyclable and has a lifetime residential warranty. Above the bamboo is more technology – Adore’s Duramond surface layer which is reinforced against scratches and scrapes and above that is their Cleantech anti-microbial hygienic layer. And yet still there is scope for embossed designs which add to the realism and texture. “These are truly new generation products,” says Paul Brady of Adore. “Distributors and retailers are going to love this as it is a product of which they can be totally confident every time, every installation.” Adore’s confidence is demonstrated by their investment in stockholding and regional distribution in the North and South of the UK and in Ireland with a dedicated UK management team. That commitment is reinforced by the opening of a new warehouse and offices in Belgium and extensive further investment in the production facilities in China where Adore staff will be controlling 15 production lines by the end of 2018 – this is serious capacity.
“These are truly new generation products. Distributors and retailers are going to love this as it is a product of which they can be totally confident every time, every installation” says Paul Brady of Adore Floors
Adore is using this capability to produce a wide collection of rigid core LVT products under the brand name Regent – all currently available in 10 on-trend wood plank and tile decors. The range is available as a dry back product known as the Viceroy which is available with a 0.3 and 0.5mm wear layer. There are then the three click ranges – the entry level product which is known as the Monarch, the Monarch X which has an attached IXPE acoustic underlayment pad and then the Sovereign which is Adore’s top-of-the-range product with a 0.55 wear layer, commercial finish, lifetime waterproof, life-time residential and 15 year commercial warranty with a new angle fold-down locking system. Finally, Adore has high expectations for Envy, its innovative loose-lay product which has been such a success in the US. Envy solves installation problems such as rippling with the use of a tacky back system which stops movement across the floor. “This is very new – it will beat any of the traditional products,” said Paul. The UK marketing push by Adore is being supported by comprehensive new marketing material including new displays, point-of-sale, brochures and video resources. T 0845 6021881 www.uk.adorefloors.com
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DOMOTEX 2018 Review - part 2 Developing ambition Condor Carpets Condor Carpets has more visibility in the market than ever thanks to creative new branding and a relentless commitment to the introduction of new products that are carefully judged to meet consumer demand. "We are known for our product development and now we are more ambitious than ever," said Paul Harris and he brought more than a dozen new ranges to Domotex to prove it! The new brand-led approach started at Domotex two years ago with Condor’s new soft-style Intenza collection and sales have gone from strength-tostrength with a range of offers from chunky yarns and textures through to velvets in a good range of attractive colours. Now, polyester is becoming more important in the mix and with the new emphasis comes a new brand, Sensys, which will deliver softness alongside the extra performance and bleach cleanability that is increasingly attracted to the UK consumer and a reliable offer for the retailer. There are likely to be up to 6 ranges from Condor during the year but the debut for Sensys at Domotex was Amore - a finely crafted polyester carpet in two weights, (pictured with Leonie de Jongh of Condor). A distinctive feature of all Condor’s carpets now is their certification to the prestigious Eurofins Gold certification. During last year, the company introduced a new latex backing, manufactured by Condor to a unique formula, to reduce VOCs for improved indoor air quality, independently tested and verified by the Eurofins laboratories. T +31 (0)38 477 89 11 ww.condor-group.eu
“We are known for our product development and now we are more ambitious than ever” Paul Harris, Condor Carpets.
Boosting the brand Timzo Carpets Timzo Carpets is now a year on from the acquisition by Condor Carpets and are using this extra strength to good effect in developing further its reputation as a world leader in polypropylene loop pile carpets. “Timzo is well established as a highly successful business with a strong brand but the Condor move has given us an extra boost to allow us to expand our market further,” said Paul Meadows, UK sales manager (pictured right). “The new synergies we have in production, purchasing of raw materials and distribution ensure we can continue to be competitive while investing in attractive new products," he added. Evidence of this was on hand at Domotex with the launch of a set of stylish “smallpattern” ranges which offer something fashionably different – Dundee, a neat plaid in seven colours; Panache, a hexagonal design in five colours; and Herringbone, also in five colours. Similarly stylish was the debut of Mosaic, a scroll-effect tenth gauge in seven colours with the look of a shadow cut-and-loop but without that tendency to flatten! And for the ultimate fashionistas, there is the introduction of Natura into the UK in both 4 and 5m widths – a range that has performed very strongly in Germany to meet the trend for a flatweave look but with the construction which doesn't allow pilling or stretching. Domotex was also the debut for a restyled Timzo logo that reflects the family feel of the Condor brand. T +31 (0) 38 385 44 77 www.timzo.nl
The new synergies we have in production, purchasing of raw materials and distribution ensure we can continue to be competitive while investing in attractive new products,” Paul Meadows, UK Sales Manager, Condor Carpets (pictured top right) 36 March 2018
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Andrew Rajakrishnan (pictured right), International Business Development Manager with CEO John Cooper (left).
Interfloor’s appearance at Domotex exemplified everything that is good about British manufacturing – quality, innovation and an appetite to extend the offer to meet changing customer demand. The company is Europe’s largest manufacturer of flooring accessories and its trusted brands in underlay including Tredaire and Duralay have already conquered a lot of the world, especially in highly demanding environments such as hotels, mosques, cruise liners, airports, stadium and leisure complexes. “Interfloor combines a number of UK and world firsts with some of the U.K.’s oldest flooring brands,” said CEO John Cooper. “Our diverse range of products offers the ideal solution to give the contractor and specifier peace of mind.” At present, about 20% of Interfloor’s production is for export but this is growing steadily and the company has expanded its specialist team to meet the demand, especially for sophisticated, high specification underlay installations. Andrew Rajakrishnan (pictured right with John Cooper) has recently joined the company as International Business Development Manager to sustain the momentum.
The top-selling Tredaire underlays, renowned for their underfoot comfort, and Duralay, the contractors’ brand of choice for more technical applications where there is a requirement for flooring solutions which are hard-wearing, or flame retardant for example were also on show. Also on show in Hannover was Duralay Timbermate, the specialist underlay for laminate and wood flooring which can reduce in-room noise by 30%, and also Duralay Heatflow underlays which have a very low tog rating to allow the walls generated by underfloor heating to pass quickly into the room above for both carpet and wood/laminate flooring. T 01706 213131 www.interfloor.com
“Our diverse range of products offers the ideal solution to give the contractor and specifier peace of mind.” John Cooper, CEO, Interfloor
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DOMOTEX 2018 Review - part 2 Fashion focus Cavalier Carpets Cavalier Carpets is a close follower of fashion, responding quickly to consumer trends to give retailers the right products at the right time. Right now, it's all about polyester. Domotex demonstrated the approach with the first view of a prototype new polyester range which the company will launch in the UK this summer. The new carpet benefits from the credentials of polyester – a super-soft feel, improved performance, and its cleanability with bleach – but Cavalier have gone a step further with the development of an attractive lustrous yarn, giving the carpet a unique appearance. “We have had a really positive reaction to this new range at Domotex,” says Hans Lowe of Cavalier. “It offers more performance and reliability for the money – but not much more money – and the slightly silky finish is very appealing to consumers at the moment,” he said. Cavalier was using the input of visitors to the show to fine tune the presentation of the carpet prior to its launch in July in 10 colours, and in 4 and 5m widths. T 01254 268000 www.cavaliercarpets.co.uk
Cavalier Carpets is a close follower of fashion, responding quickly to consumer trends to give retailers the right products at the right time. Right now, it's all about polyester.
Celebrating in style Telenzo Carpets Telenzo is celebrating in style – lots of styles to be precise, for the company that was founded 100 years ago but still drives the market in terms of creativity and quality. Attractive updates to many of the Telenzo bestsellers marked the occasion – along with a sneak preview of a major new collection that will create huge interest in the market when it launches in early summer (all will be revealed in the April issue of The Stocklists!). Telenzo has established a niche for 50/50 wool/polypropylene carpet that do not compromise on quality and its textured loop pile ranges in this mix have proved to be immensely successful. Now, Greenwich and Windsor have been re-coloured with the introduction of three new shades while Hampton Court has been replaced by Eton which has a more complex cross-stitch construction in six new colours to offer a more sophisticated appearance. Meanwhile, Mainline, a well-established Telenzo best-seller, is building on its strength in the market with four new colours – two in the two-tone style and two in its multi-stripe option – the company has looked at some of the most successful colours in the Barbican range to select the new options. “We have a new fresh approach and are being more ambitious about colour,” says Mark Rooney of Telenzo. T 01422 374417 www.edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk 38 March 2018
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Flying the flag Brockway Carpets “We are always very pleased to be part of Department for International Trade (DIT) Overseas Fairs as a co-exhibitor with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce at Domotex,” said Charles Annable, Chairman of Brockway. This year, for the first time, Brockway decided to extend its stand to show off the full Brockway Group, including its recently acquired The Grosvenor Wilton Company. Grosvenor Wilton has created the finest Wilton and bespoke carpets since 1790 for the world’s most historic palaces, stately homes, public buildings and private residences. “It was the ideal venue to introduce our fabulous Grosvenor Wilton brand with new designs by our creative director Joanna Ramsden (pictured),” added Charles. “As an international stand, we knew the Wilton range would be of interest to overseas customers. We were in a new hall, and all in all it was a great place for Brockway to impress,” he said. T 01562 828200 www.brockway.co.uk
“As an international stand, we knew the Wilton range would be of interest to overseas customers. We were in a new hall, and all in all it was a great place for Brockway to impress.” Charles Annable, Chairman of Brockway.
Joanna Ramsden, Creative director , Brockway carpets.
Grass roots Ball & Young
Spring has almost sprung so it is the season for consumers to start thinking about not cutting their grass!
The UK has been on a roll with grass, quite literally, in the last five years as demand for artificial turf has accelerated even faster than market predictions and Ball & Young has quickly established itself as the number 1 supplier of underlay with its Cloud 9 Astro Cushion. Offering a new revenue line for retailers and distributors, artificial grass is an exciting sector and the correct underlay ensures more reliable installations. Cloud 9 Astro Cushion is a technical product that has been developed after extensive testing with landscape gardening and passed with flying colours.. The high density underlay is specially designed to allow drainage through the artificial turf for outdoor installation – including decking, balconies and roof gardens as well as conventional lawn replacement – and is also suitable for use indoors in play areas and conservatories. "This is an exciting new sector for us and the industry and we are making sure that installers can get it right – right from the start," said Ann Shaw. T 01536 200502 www.underlay.com
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DOMOTEX 2018 Review - part 2 Design debut Flair Rugs For the first time in its history, Flair Rugs exhibited at the world’s largest flooring exhibition, Domotex, developing business from across Europe. Presenting the stunning styles of Luxmi and the Inspired by V&A Collection, alongside selected designs from the Simplicity and Core ranges, Flair Rugs demonstrated its commitment to export business in a significant move. “Our attendance at Domotex provided us with an opportunity to show the breadth of our portfolio to retailers from across Europe, and the rest of the world,” explained Sinead Donohoe, head of marketing, Flair Rugs. “Growing export business is part of our long-term business strategy and we are delighted to receive such a warm response to our rugs from retailers visiting the show.” Showcasing great-value styles relevant to the European region, including the outdoor-ready Florence, flatweave Verona and the bold Infinite collection, Flair Rugs also demonstrated its ability to create premium styles with Solitaire, from the Luxmi collection, certainly catching the eye of many visitors. Featuring recycled silk yarns, the style has a Scandinavian feel and is hand-tufted by skilled artisans. The supplier also revealed preview qualities from its Inspired by V&A collection SS18 launches, underlining the strength of British design found in the Flair Rugs portfolio. “There is no doubt that Britain has a world class reputation for design and we were able to capitalise on this throughout the show,” continues Sinead. “With exclusive designs and unique application of materials, our collection is almost entirely developed in-house; a major advantage when it comes to responding quickly to trends and developing exclusive lines.” T 01457 850660 www.flairrugs.com
Standing by style Granorte
Fresh thinking Lano
In a hugely stylish masterpiece of stand design, created by famed Italian interior designer, Marco Carini, Granorte demonstrated to Domotex’s 45,000 visitors that cork is in the ascendancy.
As always, the presence of Lano proved a showcase of carpet for home and business, with the Belgian company demonstrating its manufacturing flexibility and technical innovation.
With a refreshed and more compact collection for 2018, Granorte showed excellence in cork product design, harnessing the natural material’s aesthetic and performance qualities to deliver innovative flooring products. One of the highlights included the availability of Kenko on selected styles, a 0.25mm polymer wear layer that is PVC and plasticizer-free. Made in Japan, Kenko means Granorte products use 10-times less plastic than equivalent vinyl/HDF floors.
Continuing the high-impact visual identity established at last year’s show, Lano presented its fibre brand concepts – Halcyon, Essenz and Touchdown – as well as the premium X Collection, underlining its capabilities of producing greatvalue PP ranges to the very finest wool and nylon qualities.
Alongside technical innovation, Granorte’s stand showcased the wonderful natural aesthetic of cork, covered from head-to-toe in the varieties produced by the manufacturer, from high-texture raw bark through to refined classic looks. “Cork really is a wonderful material to work with,” explains Paulo Rocha, R&D, Granorte. “Through our manufacturing technologies we can hone it into a remarkable number of different looks and textures. Yet it is more than just aesthetics that make it a great choice and cork offers acoustic absorption, thermal insulation and great underfoot comfort. As people increasingly focus on the future of our planet and search for better flooring materials; the combination of sustainable natural material, unusual aesthetics and great performance are making cork an increasingly popular choice.” T 01785 711131 www.granorte.co.uk
“As Europe’s biggest event for the flooring industry, we always try to bring fresh ideas to Domotex and this year proved no different,” explains Birger Karlsson, sales & marketing director. “From new colours in the classic look of Pembridge Twist right up to the European launch of Halcyon, our new polyester fibre collection, there was something to interest every visitor to this year’s show. We received a really positive and warming response to these new developments and are looking forward to seeing them in stores throughout the UK soon.” The value-driven Fairfield Creations was shown for the first time in its 2018 palette including five brand new heather colourways and a refined collection of coordinating stripes, for a total of 12 plains and two pinstripe styles. Elsewhere in the residential collection, the X Collection showed three new supersoft nylon styles and colour updates to Mayfair Velvet, Satine and Oasis. For commercial projects, the enduring Scala Twist was shown with its updated impervious foam backing offering improved performance in healthcare, education and leisure environments in 20 practical yet home-like colours. Rounding out the innovations at Domotex, Lano presented two new Easy Lawn artificial grass styles and the brand new Pro Lawn range for premium duties. T 00800 5266 5266 www.lano.com
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Irresistable rugs Louis de Poortere Louis De Poortere’s attendance at Domotex resulted in an extraordinarily busy stand as, along with updates to existing collections, the manufacturer launched the Antiquarian collection and showed the results of its collaboration with Romo Group. The stunning Antiquarian fuses traditional designs with worn-effects for a collection of antique looking qualities rich in colour and exquisite in detail. Three styles form the range, each in a series of colourways inspired by the original design and reinterpreted for today’s homes. Drawing on designs from the Louis de Poortere archive with the Persian pattern of Heriz, the Iranian Bakhtiari and the manufacturer’s very own Hadschlu, Antiquarian sets itself apart as a stand-out collection in the world of machine-made rugs. Crafted from 100% cotton chenille and handfinished for the distressed effect, the Antiquarian collection is available in a range of sizes. Feedback received at Domotex suggests that it will be a hugely popular collection for Louis de Poortere: “The response we received to Antiquarian was nothing short of extraordinary and we are expecting big things for this launch,” explains Alan Russell, sales director UK. “Worn-effects are big news in rugs right now and these qualities also celebrate iconic patterns that carry a sense of familiarity. It’s a vintage look that’s somehow modern and appropriate in any setting. The result is a blend that seems to be irresistible, so we are working hard to make sure we’ll be able to keep up with demand.” Launched late last year, the Romo and Villa Nova collections also appeared on the Belgian manufacturer’s stand. Renowned for its wallpaper and fabric designs, Romo has worked with Louis de Poortere to create an exquisite collection of hand-tufted and flatweave rugs based on some of its most recognisable designs. Part of the same group, Villa Nova is a British brand with a philosophy of creating stylish wallcoverings, fabrics and accessories. The brand’s collection with Louis de Poortere continues this philosophy, again in hand-tufted and flatweave qualities. The company also used Domotex to exhibit Haute Couture, a sublime collection of carpets and custom runners and rugs. Made in Brussels weave from 100% wool, cotton/wool and cotton/polyamide blends, Haute Couture provides a neatly packaged premium carpet concept that’s typically Louis de Poortere. T 01505 615663 www.louisdepoortere.com
Heavenly sent Balta The European launch of the Made in Heaven and Odyssey brands proved a catalyst for a really busy Domotex for Balta as it quickly settled into its new location. With a stand impressive in its diversity of brand and product offer, Balta underlined its position as Europe’s largest carpet manufacturer to an audience of 45,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries. Alongside the Made in Heaven and Odyssey residential broadloom launches, the company showed its expanding Leonis collection, introductions to the iconic StainSafe range and welcomed Pro Nature, a flatweave rated for commercial use. Satino too saw expansion, while the introduction of a new range of premium Luxury Carpet Tiles in nylon or polypropylene meant plenty new to see for customers. “As the world’s leading flooring show, this year with a record 106,000m2 of exhibition stands, our attendance at Domotex helps us to position ourselves among the best global flooring brands,” says Geert Vanden Bossche, marketing director. “As such, it is a major focal point of our product cycle and this year we were delighted to present two brands capitalising on the latest generations of stain-resistant fibre for the home with Made in Heaven and Odyssey.” Representing the changing status of synthetic fibres as the go-to yarns across every price-point, Made in Heaven and Odyssey are set to be key components in the product mix for 2018. In Made in Heaven, Balta has perfected a solution-dyed polyester yarn, while in Odyssey, it draws on hardwearing solution-dyed nylon. Both offering lasting fade-free colour and luxurious comfort, these new carpets are set to take Europe by storm. T +32 56 62 22 11 www.baltagroup.com
“Our attendance at Domotex helps us to position ourselves among the best global flooring brands” Geert Vanden Bossche, marketing director, Balta from The Stocklists
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Marketing insights Tiletastic solutions Greater choice in materials and design style makes tiles an effective flooring solution. Today, tiles really do deliver design freedom and installation flexibility in both commercial and residential installations. Here is the latest news in luxury vinyl, carpet and even cork for you to review as part of your retail and contract offer.
With Amtico you have an unrivalled choice of long-lasting Wood, Stone or Abstract flooring. Through their adaptable collections you can mix and match laying patterns or experiment with borders and motifs to give you endless combinations.
Art Select, Jersey by Karndean Designflooring
Design talent, innovative manufacturing processes and precise craftsmanship are at the heart of Amtico. Complete with a solid reputation for expertise and skill, luxury flooring is crafted at their specialist factory in Coventry, England, and known around the world for its genuine provenance and quality. Every tile is engineered from heat-compressed layers to combine extreme resilience and superb strength with beautiful design. Easy to look after and quiet underfoot, Amtico offers superior looks whilst being suitable for underfloor heating. Effortless style is the essence of Amtico Spacia, a collection offering a stunning selection of Wood, Stone and Abstract floors. Creating a stunning floor is simplicity itself with the new Amtico Spacia collection. Consumers can choose from 48 beautiful Woods, 27 contemporary Stones and 29 chic Abstract designs and a variety of laying patterns. Simply select a colour, shape and laying pattern and look forward to years of beautiful flooring.
She continues: “Our Art Select range features our most authentic designs and realistic embosses, handcrafted to reflect the unique patterns and textures of real stone. As an example, a simple way of breathing fresh air into your customer’s home is with our natural limestone range - with rich organic hues the designs come in a beautiful random panel layout.
Amtico’s Spacia, White Ash
“Adaptable collections allow you to mix and match laying patterns or experiment with borders and motifs to give you endless combinations.” Create a style statement with a traditional laying pattern like Stripwood from Amtico Spacia. Or recreate the beauty of a timeless Stone floor with a traditional laying pattern and grout style stripping. Bring a contemporary twist to your interior with an Amtico Spacia Abstract, a truly innovative way to create something extraordinary in your space. Complete with a 25-year warranty, an Amtico Spacia floor truly does stand the test of time.
Stella Coyle, National Retail Sales Manager of Karndean Designflooring explains what attracts homeowners to luxury vinyl flooring, “Natural stone tiles are a popular flooring choice for homeowners, especially in kitchens and bathrooms, but what puts many people off is how they feel underfoot – they’re known for being hard to walk on and cold in winter. Karndean Designflooring’s Luxury Vinyl flooring offers a wide choice of realistic stone designs, from modern and versatile slates to stunning marble, with a warmer, more resilient surface that doesn’t crack or chip, adding instant appeal to any living space.” 42 March 2018
Homeowners can create a truly unique look using our Michelangelo collection, which provides a statement look focusing on textured finishes and small stone details, from pebbles to mosaics and metallic effects.”
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From smooth surfaces with a contemporary feel, to rich textures and wide bevel details, customers are sure to find a stone design to suit their tastes with Karndean Designflooring. For extra personalisation, a variety of design strips can be placed in between each tile to replicate a grout effect. All ranges are compatible with underfloor heating for extra comfort, are easy to maintain and keep clean, and have a good slip resistance rating. Once commonplace in kitchens across the country, cork made way for synthetic floors throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s, but with natural and authentic surfaces now back on the agenda for homes, cork is making its return. The flexibility of carpet tiles has long made them the de facto choice in commercial offices, but they can also bring this flexibility to the home as
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stone. The 600x300mm format reaffirms the modern feel of the range, best considered a modern rework of the classic cork tile of the 50s and 60s. The collection is available special order from Granorte, alongside the manufacturer’s specially developed UK stock collection. Presented on a striking POS unit, featuring 54 different Granorte floor and wall products, the UK stock collection is available in 48-hours.
Craft by Balta exemplified in Craft, Mineral and Graphite from the LCT First family by Balta Carpet Tiles. Using the manufacturer’s experience in crafting high-performance carpet tiles for commercial environments at Balta’s high-tech Zele plant in Belgium, LCT First adds residential-style cut and loop piles perfect for the home. With the softness expected of the finest quality carpet, the adaptability of carpet tiles and conveniently packaged; LCT First is the perfect ‘take away today’ fix for property owners and landlords.
Brintons is known the world over for the quality of its woven Axminster patterned carpet and for its trend-leading contemporary designs. Perhaps less well known is the fact that almost any of its industry-leading designs created for broadloom use can also be manufactured in tile format. Brintons’ tile offering has been developed over twenty years to meet the challenging demands of commercial projects where style and design are as important as cost-effectiveness, practical carriage and easy installation. Brintons carpet tiles come with a guarantee of colour match as is demonstrated by a large number of recent acclaimed casino, hospitality, airport and other large heavy wear environments.
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Launched more than a year ago, Craft has now been expanded to include nine on-trend colours, the mix of 60% supersoft Imprel polyamide and 40% polypropylene bringing a carpet that’s great value. Made from 100% Imprel polyamide, Graphite is a 1/10th gauge cutpile tile that comes in an inviting 730g/m2 pile. In five colours, Graphite brings a sophisticated lineneffect with all the practical advantages of carpet tiles. Using Granorte’s Tradition collection Balta’s famous 100% StainSafe yarn for bleach cleanability, Mineral’s 1/10th gauge loop-pile brings a natural feel in four timeless colours. The perfect solution for high-rise buildings, or any domestic environment that requires an easily replaceable floor that brings comfort and home-like style; LCT First offers an incredible assortment of looks including more ranges in Forest, Power and Rock. Offering creative freedom, as well as a host of practical advantages, these are carpet tiles for modern family homes and apartments. Available in an incredible assortment of looks, including leather-top and direct digital print, and nearly as many constructions, cork has certainly taken a fresh and innovative direction, but it’s Granorte the Tradition collection that perhaps best captures that mid-century spirit. These traditional glue-down cork tiles bring the wonderful natural aesthetic of cork - from the refined Standard to big and bold colour-highlighted looks in Green, Jeans and Midnight - giving a unique look in homes as the perfect complement to natural finish wood furniture, a contrast to modern gloss surfaces or softening popular concrete and
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One such project is the Aspers Westfield Stratford City which is Britain's largest casino. The casino offers a stylish and relaxed live gaming experience, including 300 slots and electronics, 70 gaming tables, a casual dining restaurant in Clary’s Restaurant, sports bar with 27 multimedia screens, a Sky Bar with live entertainment and roof terrace and a poker room with the capacity to hold up to 500 seats. Brintons worked closely with Interior Designers, Design Coalition in Ongar to create over 3000m2 Axminster Carpet tiles for the main gaming areas and sports bar. Timorous Beasties Axminster Broadloom carpet and Hand Tufted Rugs were also produced for the stylish Skybar, which overlooks the Olympic Stadium and beyond. So, whether it’s a commercial or residential installation, its clear that tiles deliver unrivalled flexibility to the installer and end user.
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NEWS Carpet crusher champion
Carpet Recycling UK award winner Neil Green has recently expanded his carpet recycling business Green Birch Environmental into a 77000 square foot mill in Doncaster with plans to become the UK’s largest carpet recycler. MD Neil Green comments, “Having been involved with the carpet recycling industry for many years we felt the time was right to move into a building that enables us to expand the business and increase our capacity to recycle and re-use up to 40000 tonnes of carpet waste per year”. “With improvements in technology, there are now even more carpet recycling innovations available to us which makes the cost to recycle significantly lower than sending carpet and underlay waste to landfill so as well as being environmentally beneficial we’ll also save our customers money on their waste disposal costs so it’s a win win scenario.
“With improvements in technology, there are now even more carpet recycling innovations available to us which makes the cost to recycle significantly lower than sending carpet and underlay waste to landfill”
Neil Green (pictured right) receives his award from Oliver Heath at the CRUK conference
“We also work in partnership with Kenburn who’ve continually provided us with excellent advice on which of their carpet crushers suits our needs and we’d have no hesitation in recommending their products and services. Simon Wells from Kenburn comments, “Over the past four years the Kenburn Carpet Crusher has helped many carpet retailers to reduce their ever increasing skip costs by simply compacting and recycling their new and uplifted carpet and underlay waste’’. “We can visit your premises and provide free no obligation advice on how the recycling initiative works and how much money you’re likely to save”. Kenburn T 01727 844988 sales@kenburn.co.uk Green Birch Environmental T 01302 367264 ng@gbeltd.org.uk
Sensational soft relaunch
With an improved softer feel, more choice than ever before and a 10-year stain and wear warranty, the revamped Sensation Heathers from Cormar Carpets is set to cause a stir among retailers and consumers.
Now available in two weights – ‘Original’ and ‘New Feeling’ – like its sister collection Sensation, easy clean Sensation Heathers is a heavyweight carpet tufted on 1/8th gauge using the two-fold specialised yarn to create a lustrous, luxurious handle. With 15 on-trend shades now on offer, including 10 brand new ones, the 100% Luxelle polypropylene range is ideal for all areas of the home. Dirt and stain resistant and bleach cleanable, it is available in both four and five metre widths and is expected to retail from £24 per sq m. Said David Cormack, marketing director at Cormar Carpets: “We felt the time was right to further improve our popular Sensation Heathers collection to include two weight options for added versatility. In line with consumer demand and trends, we’ve overhauled the colour bank to introduce more contemporary neutrals and greys to the mix - such as ‘Riga Surf ’ and ‘Bergen Frost’.” All Cormar’s stain resistant polypropylene carpets, wool twists, wool loop carpets are produced on site at its Lancashire mills and distributed in the UK and Eire via its own delivery fleet. T 01204 881234 44 March 2018
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Flower on Flooring Adding up the extras to boost the bottom line
Stairrods’ Bendybull, launched at last September’s Harrogate Show
In addition to providing customers with a wide range of flooring options, independent retailers have an increasing number of additional products to include to extend the benefits to customers and enjoy additional sales revenue.
Proof of this can be seen in the rapid growth in sales for Stairrods’ new Bendybull, launched at last September’s Harrogate Show, initially used as a domestic install with LVT.
The company has progressed its installation videos to include safety flooring scribed around the nosing to allow for a 30-point LRV (see picture). Taking the Bendybull one step further, Stairrods now combines this with safety flooring and carpet tiles, using 6mm plywood under the safety flooring and 4mm plywood on the remainder of the tread to form a well for the carpet tiles.
Advantages of the product now include: looks less commercial; no template charge; no site meeting to template; no week-long wait for the curved nosing; no second meeting to see if it fits; and less chance of mistakes.
Stairrods states it is also working on a new stick down matwell for dryback, taking into account various thicknesses of plywood and latex, aiming for production in April. It is additionally testing a new double naplock, using a totally different design to meet with current underlay thicknesses, with early tests using a power stretcher at a door way proving to be encouraging.
“You’ve sold them the floor. Now clever solutions from Stroolmount.co.uk give you add-on sales by helping to prevent damage to all types of flooring and furniture,” says Stroolmount’s Gill Finch.
“The trade and customers invest a fortune in quality flooring and furniture, so it makes sense to spend a few pence protecting it. We’ve saved companies thousands in costly repairs, replacements and insurance claims with simple solutions costing as little as 1p.”
Options include: Furni-Glides (self-adhesive or screw into very heavy furniture so it slides easily across carpet); Quickclick glides (awardwinning, long-term, click-in interchangeable and replacement base glides help protect wood, laminate, vinyl, carpet and tiled floors); selfadhesive felts (short-term high quality anti-scratch solution to cushion floors from heavy furniture); move it pads (temporary solution so anyone can easily glide heavy furniture across hard floors and carpet like magic).
“The trade and customers invest a fortune in quality flooring and furniture, so it makes sense to spend a few pence protecting it.”
Sebo says good customer care is vital to gain and retain customers. For flooring retailers, selling one of the most expensive household purchases, it is particularly important.
Floor care advice is essential and can prevent costly disputes and loss of reputation. The company further explains it has been supporting the flooring industry for over 30 years.
Recommended by leading carpet manufacturers, Sebo vacuum cleaners are often used by them to resolve carpet issues, frequently due to incorrect or poor vacuuming. The company has extensively tested many carpets on their behalf to make sure that good advice is given.
“With an innovative new sales program which allows carpet retailers to sell Sebo vacuum cleaners with a low outlay, perhaps now is the time to focus on floor care. Because professional floor care advice can lead not just to selling vacuum cleaners, but also to selling more flooring,” it states. Clever solutions from Stroolmount 46 March 2018
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The POS debate “Good customer care is vital to gain and retain customers. For flooring retailers, selling one of the most expensive household purchases, it is particularly important.”
Packexe says with most interior improvement projects, freshly laid flooring is usually followed by decorating walls, installing fixtures and fittings or moving furniture. This hugely increases the risk of new wooden floors, tiles or carpets becoming dirty and damaged before they are even unveiled for everyday use.
Packexe offers a range of protective films and dispensing systems that can guard against decorating disasters and help customers keep their new floors fresh while work is carried out.
The company states that its Hardfloor and Carpet are established products for the flooring trade and its newest additions, the lowslip, impact protection Fleece sheet and the slimline, perforated edging product Edge complete its flooring protection offering for all eventualities. “Packexe products come with space-saving point of display stands and provide a common sense add-on purchase for all new floor customers,” the company concludes.
Point-of-sale represents one of the most expensive costs in the flooring industry and flooring suppliers are keen to get your floor space working as hard as possible for your benefit and to get a return on their investment.
But is it working hard enough? Your retail floor space is a competitive battleground to catch the consumers attention and it’s a difficult sales environment to get right. Is your store cluttered with redundant tombolas and lecterns that aren’t earning their keep? Do manufacturers come up with enough ideas to keep it fresh? Do you have to wait for the display material you need for the latest launch? Would you like more advice on store layout and merchandising?
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BUSINESS NEWS CBI cites major slump in sales
Industry concerns about a poor start to 2018 have been underlined by a startling report from the Confederation of British Industry which said retail sales in the sector were down 70% in January. The CBI Distributive Trades Survey said that while retail sales grew overall in the first month of the year, furniture and carpets plummeted 72%. CBI head of economic intelligence Anna Leach said: “Household spending will remain under pressure this year from higher inflation and low wage growth, which will continue to weigh on sales growth in the retail sector.”
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Figures from the British Retail Consortium for the three months to the end of January include the traditionally strong period of pre-Christmas trading but still showed a decline of 1.2% in non-food retail sales – its worst slump since the EU referendum. The BRC report, prepared with KPMG, said consumers had “shunned big ticket purchases” in favour of essential food buying during the period. Helen Dickinson, the BRC chief executive, said: “The persisting tough trading environment played out at the start of the year with a mixed set of trading updates.” March 2018 47
Doing the business for flooring Successful show sees £500m worth of sales and several floor industry launches The January Furniture Show lived up to its status as the scene-setter for the interiors sector for the year ahead as 21,000 trade visitors headed for Birmingham's NEC – organisers said £500 million worth of orders were placed at the show. “JFS is all about doing great business,” said Cleere Scamell, Event Director. “Ensuring that will always remain the focus for the show and it is about making sure that every potential buyer in the trade knows that they need to be with us for the event in January. Thank you to all our exhibitors and visitors for another successful show in 2018.” And among more than 500 exhibitors, there was a strong representation in the Flooring Showcase within Hall 2 which included industry leaders such as Abingdon, Associated Weavers, Ball & Young, Distinctive, Furlong, SMG and Westex. The flooring exhibitors reported brisk business and a strong turnout from retailers and interiors buyers at the event and they used the occasion for the launch of important new products. Associated Weavers unveiled their new polyester twist Softissimo – “the ultimate in softness” (see page 49) – while at Furlong it was the debut for the new, highly competitive Charm range of soft-touch polyproylene twists (page 51). Westex Carpets gained strong interest for the launch of Silken Velvet, their luxurious sheeny velvet in high-spec nylon and the re-colouring of their popular Westend 80/20 velvet (page 49) and Abingdon announced a cut-length service for two of 2017’s most popular roll ranges, Pure Indulgence and Grandé (page 52).
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In the LVT sector, Natural Solutions showed off Sirona, a smart new entry-level product to get retailers into LVT (page 51). At Distinctive Flooring, new and impressive point-of-sale displays were launched to drive the success of Timeless – the latest, elegant LVT that sold so strongly in Q4 last year (page 50).
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Silken surprise Westex Carpets Retailers respect the uncompromising quality that is the watchword of Westex carpets but they usually expect it in wool – now the company has delivered the same high standard in their first man-made product for nearly 20 years. The Silken Velvet collection is a luxurious sheen velvet manufactured from a top specification polyamide nylon 6.6 two-fold yarn for exemplary performance. With exceptional softness and a subtle sheen, Silken Velvet comes in 20 colours and is available in multi-width from 1m through to 5m. “We have used the very best technology to create a distinctively different velvet carpet with a special feel,” says Westex sales director Mark Vale. “We’re very confident that retailers and consumers are going to love this collection.” Meanwhile Westex continues to be one of the top go-to wool houses where their complete vertical integration from fleece to floor gives them an edge in maintaining superb quality. The company is promoting nine new colours that have been added to the popular Westend Velvet collection in 80/20 with nylon and also notes the increasing popularity of their 100% wool Natural Loop carpets – "Consumers are finding that wool loop coordinates very well alongside LVT flooring so, to some extent, these sectors are growing together," says Mark.
“We have used the very best technology to create a distinctively different velvet carpet with a special feel,”
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The ultimate in softness Associated Weavers You have seen soft, and super-soft – and now there is Softissimo! The latest launch by Associated Weavers marks their march into polyester as an increasingly popular fibre for the soft sector and given that the company have become the benchmark for product development in this market, Softissimo is set to be another winner. “This is the ultimate in softness but with performance built in and with a brighter, more fashionable colour range,” said Jonathan Davies of AW. “We had a great reaction to it in Hannover and the people who have seen it here already at the show have loved it so Softissimo has got off to a great start,” he added. This range, which has 8 colours and is 4/5m, joins the two new polyester saxonies which AW launched at Domotex in January under their Invictus brand as the Aquarius collection – Dorado and Indus both available in 14 colours and have the multi width option of 2, 2.5, 3, 4 and 5m. In Birmingham, AW were also showing the key launches of new heathers and a saxony in the family-friendly Vivendi collection and the new colours in the popular Invictus range, Sirius. T 01422 431100 www.associatedweavers.net
“This is the ultimate in softness but with performance built in and with a brighter, more fashionable colour range,” Jonathan Davies of Associated Weavers.
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Fresh approach SMG SMG arrived at the NEC in Birmingham with a bright, fresh new look to their branding – and with a bright, fresh approach to the business of group buying for its retail members. SMG are the largest buying group in the flooring sector with 315 members and 385 stores and also claim the lowest membership fees – but the best bit is the benefits! “Our members get access to all our approved suppliers’ product range through SMG’s own account – members do not need a direct account with the suppliers,” said Mike Reed, the group’s head of operations. “We do not interfere if a member already has a sweet deal set up with the supplier, but we can make sure that they get a great deal with everyone else too.” SMG’s marketing manager Linda Thomas added: “People can absolutely maintain their independence but boost their bottom line. The more you deal with wholesalers, the more you would benefit from joining us – we can beat the wholesalers on price.” T 0118 932 3832
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Mike Reed is pictured (centre) with Linda Thomas and development executive Matt Gowing.
“Our members get access to all our approved suppliers’ product range through SMG’s own account – members do not need a direct account with the suppliers,”
Timeless classic Distinctive Flooring It seems no time at all since Timeless was first seen at the Harrogate show last September but pre-Christmas sales backed up the company's confidence in this elegant, “timeless” LVT and it starts 2018 as a best-seller. Available in seven wood and eight stone decors, Timeless has an intricate registered embossed surface for complete authenticity. “This is a beautifully featured range and sets a high standard when presented in store which consumers have really appreciated,” said Distinctive’s Jay Taylor. That impression is enhanced by the impressive point-of-sale display which presents large samples and these are cleverly lit from the top and the bottom to show the texture and detail in these designs at their very best. Distinctive is growing its UK sales team and pictured here is Billy White, the new representative for Scotland. T 01274 655694
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“This is a beautifully featured range and sets a high standard when presented in store which consumers have really appreciated,”
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Charm offensive Furlong Flooring Furlong is setting the pace in the mainstream soft-touch market with a strong start to 2018 which builds further on the success of their Regency saxony and twist collections. The launch of the Essenzo brand last year accelerated the success with the additional performance and quality it offers in the soft sector. “Retailers have really responded well and Essenzo has unstoppable momentum now as we start the New Year,” said Neil Valentine of Furlong Flooring. “It is a great product backed up by exceptional service across the country so we are confident that retailers can count on this as a reliable best-seller.” A new entry-level soft-touch polypropylene twist made its debut at the January Flooring Show – Charm is rolling out to retailers now at an economical price-point and in 10 colours. T 01772 696787 www.regencycarefree.co.uk
Retailers rely on Sirona LVT Natural Solutions For carpet retailers who are wanting to get into LVT but don't want the hassle of hard flooring, here comes Sirona to make life just a little bit easier. Sirona LVT is an entry-level product from Natural Solutions, the smooth flooring division of Furlong Flooring – a company that has built its reputation on giving retailers what they can sell successfully so Sirona ticks all the boxes. Available in 20 authentic wood and tile designs, the range has a Super Guard PU layer to improve its durability and enable the product to have a 12-year wear warranty. Sirona has a 4-edge micro bevel and can be supplied in click and dryback formats. In many cases it can even be installed over existing floors. “These days a retailer cannot just be a carpet shop,” says Richard Richman of Natural Solutions (pictured top right). “You have to sell yourself to the consumer as a flooring specialist in order to make sure you don't miss any sale. Sirona is the kind of product you can rely on to extend your range,” he said. T 01322 628 707 www.furlongflooring.co.uk
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Review 2018 Hard and soft success Abingdon Flooring Abingdon have been on a roll with two of their best sellers for 2017 – literally – but now it is time for these two popular roll-only ranges to meet the demand for a cut-length service in 2018. Pure Indulgence has been so successful that the company has been quick to add new colours to their cuts offer to make 12 options in total. With a deep polyester pile, this carpet offers soft luxury alongside bleach cleanability with the confidence of a 15-year wear warranty. Similarly, Grandé is a soft touch luxury twist which was launched at Harrogate on rolls but will now be offered as cut lengths due to the popularity and performance of its compact, dense highly twisted yarn. In an intriguing departure from the prevailing fashion, Abingdon will be promoting a “hard and soft” offer on a lectern package with soft Grandé on one side and the latest Stainfree Country Life on the other. A robust, textured heather saxony in polypropylene, Country Life is a four-colour yarn with an open structure that lets the colour and texture “burst out” very attractively – and it's a tough construction. “Amazingly, not everybody wants soft everywhere!” joked Abingdon's Martin Peace. T 01274 655662
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Flooring factsheet Luxury underfoot
from Interfloor
The Perfect match
Tredaire Colours Red is the thickest, densest sponge rubber underlay available and when combined with Gripperrods Professional Gripper, is perfect for a top quality finish.
Luxurious interiors never go out of style, but in the winter months customers are more than ever looking for a combination of comfort, luxury and cosiness and the right underlay can give their carpet choice an even more sumptuous feel. Tredaire is renowned for its underfoot comfort and adding warmth and cosiness to any room, giving an experience akin to “treading on air”. With many homeowners opting for soft furnishings which create a feeling of luxury, Tredaire Colours Red underlay is a popular choice which can help to achieve a truly indulgent underfoot experience. Colours Red is Interfloor’s top sponge rubber underlay and gives unrivalled heat and sound insulation. Its excellent shock absorber properties also help carpets look new for longer. For a flawless flooring finish, Gripperrods Professional Gripper is the UK’s finest, with a specification that exceeds all others in the marketplace. Its improved specifications include wider strips (27.11mm and 24.03mm), and more floorholding pre-nails and precision pins per length. Interfloor’s Gripperrods Professional is UK made meaning customers benefit from the excellent quality as well as knowing they will be supporting local industry. For high quality installations with a thick underlay such as Tredaire Colours Red, Gripperrods Professional is the perfect match. For further information, please visit www.interfloor.com
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Flooring factsheet Underlay In a tight market for margins, underlay for carpet and hard flooring offers retailers one of the best opportunities to add value to every sale – with good profitability, trade-up potential once benefits are understood and high customer satisfaction levels. The Carpet Foundation and its Consumer Code of Practice approved by the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) recommend that new carpet underlay is bought with every new carpet.
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Many consumers are now aware of the benefits of underlay but more needs to be done to provide information about the different types available and their suitability for different areas of the home. Setting up in-store demonstrations so customers can walk on samples with different grades of underlay and feel the difference has shown excellent results. Some manufacturers offer point-of-sale units and foot testers.
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Types
Good underlay will... • Improve underfoot comfort • Increase appearance retention, reducing flattening • Absorb the pressure of foot traffic and reduce wear • Improve thermal insulation and warmth • Increase sound insulation • Smooth out sub-floor imperfections • Last the lifetime of the carpet
PU (polyurethane) foam This is now the market’s most popular underlay and is typically made from recycled foam offcuts. The foam provides excellent comfort and performance levels with lots of thickness options and densities and provides great insulation – and its light weight helps handling.
Poor or old underlay will... • Feel hard and unwelcoming • Reduce carpet life • Cause wrinkling and premature wear spots • Cause carpet fibres to break down more quickly • Not meet British Standards How thick? A maximum of 12mm is recommended (working with gripper will be difficult thereafter) but rooms with heavy traffic will need a thinner, denser pad. The combination of thickness and density is all important as a thick underlay with low density may not perform well. Typically, the thicker the underlay, the better quality it will need to be – 11mm is often used for luxury installations with 9mm and 7mm the common domestic thickness.
Sponge rubber
Crumb
Sponge rubber Introduced in the 1950s, this is a more traditionally manufactured underlay available in flat or waffle patterns in a wide range of weights for different applications. It performs well for comfort and has a durable spring retention.
PU foam
Laminate underlay There’s still an opportunity to sell underlay with laminate flooring, improving the acoustic performance of the floor and helping the boards float above any imperfections in the sub-floor. Combination A rubber crumb base with a felt top layer offers a good combination of protection, durability and comfort. It also allows carpet with seaming to bed into the top felt. www.underlay.com
Felt This traditional (but environmentally friendly) undelay is made from recycled fibres – wool, jute and synthetic – to create a firm, dense pad with excellent thermal insulation. Still a very popular choice among contractors when stretch fitting woven carpets. Pre-tackified underlay A self-adhesive single stick underlay in both needlefelt and PU. A removable system for heavy use when comfort is desired.
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Crumb rubber Flat and dense, crumb rubber is good for heavy footfall – offering maximum protection but a little less comfort (and very good over stair nosings).
Underfloor heating underlay Always ask if there is underfloor heating. Most manufacturers offer specialised products. Underlay and carpet with a combined tog rating of 2.5 can be used – which means the underlay would normally have a tog rating of 1.0.
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Flooring factsheet Carpet trouble-shooter
• shedding • pulled loops
Fading on Wool
Carpets made from wool can and do fade in use. The degree of fade can vary depending on the colour chosen and the local conditions to which the carpet is subjected.
Fading can be caused by exposure to ultra violet light which is found in daylight, but is accelerated when sunlight shines directly onto the carpet. This has the effect of lightening or “Bleaching” the colour just as exposure to sunlight will lighten human hair. Wool is after all animal hair. Protection should be given to carpets exposed to such conditions just as you would protect other furniture or fabrics. A complaint on fading would be considered justified if it failed to meet the required shade standard when tested to the British Standard BS1006 (1990).
Soiling Soiling is usually the result of some local condition to which the carpet has been subjected to, or maintenance, or lack of maintenance programme. There is nothing we as manufacturers can do to prevent soiling in use. There are several types of soiling which are quite common: Spillages - Liquids such as soft drinks, cordials or any drink which contains sugar, particularly hot drinks, is likely to leave a stain. In such instances, professional help should be sought.
Colour matching Carpets are produced in batches - known as creels - and usually each batch produces between 500m2 - 3000m2 in a single width, depending on the creel size. Whilst the recipe used by the dyer remains constant, and is followed to the letter, in each separate production the colour reproduction will vary from batch to batch. However production is matched back to the original or master sample to ensure that the colour remains ‘within a commercial tolerance’. This process if not an exact science and a commercial tolerance is subjective but nevertheless is usually the professional judgement of the head dyer based on his/her experience. A greater level of tolerance is required on blended colours (Heathers etc). To ensure perfect colour matching it is advisable that a single width be used in any installation requiring exact colour matching. N.B. Carpets which are laid with the pile travelling in different directions, even though they be from the same batch will appear not to match. For further information please check with the manufacturers recommendations.
Sprouting Occasionally an odd tuft or two can work its way to the surface and stand proud of the rest of the pile. This is probably due to one end of the tuft being longer than the other i.e. J shaped tuft instead of V shaped. Remedial action merely requires that the offending tufts be scissor trimmed level with the rest of the pile. They should never be pulled out. 58
Shampoo - if incorrectly applied, can leave sticky soap residues in the fibres which can result in the soiling reappearing quite rapidly.
Dust - which is carried on draughts can soil carpets in various ways, apart from the obvious soiled edges, at gaping skirting boards for instance, dark lines appearing on surface might suggest airborne dust vacuumdrawn through poorly fitted floorboards. Sometimes the shape of floorboards can be seen quite clearly. Air borne dust sometimes shows itself as spots on the carpet, this is due to the air carried on a draught under the carpet escaping through minute holes both in the underlay and the carpet, leaving dust deposited on the pile much like a filter action. In such installations, the use of a lining paper is essential as a preventative measure. It is the responsibility of the retailer to advise the consumer when the carpet is measured of any poorly fitting doors, skirtings, or floorboards and the consumers responsibility to ensure any remedial work to seal draughts, is carried out before the carpet is fitted, if a resulting complaint is to be avoided.
Static Carpets do not produce static but like other household fabrics and objects have the capacity to store it. Static is caused by the build up of static electricity upon personnel in a dry environment and is discharged when a person makes contact with an object which can conduct electricity (i.e. door handle or filing cabinets, etc). The static charges will vary in intensity depending upon the individual, air humidity and the contact materials. Static is more usually associated with synthetic materials as they do not retain moisture very well but it can and does occur with wool in very dry room conditions. Preventative measures include the introduction of moisture into the room or in situ carpet treatment.
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• sprouting • shading • static • fading • pile reversal • shedding • flattening • soiling
Flattening
Shedding
Flattening will occur as a result of traffic which eventually flattens the pile particularly in the main areas of use.
All cut pile carpets will lose short fibre, which is created during production when spun yarn is cut for tuft formation. These fibres fall onto the surface of the pile and appear as ‘fluff’.
All pile fabrics will flatten to greater or lesser degree dependant on the amount of traffic to which it is subjected and the construction (tuft density/pile fibre/height/weight) of the product concerned.
The effect varies with yarn type and may be removed without detrimental effect upon the carpet by vacuum cleaning. This excess fibre is only a small fraction of the total fibre contained in the carpet.
Shading
Indentations
Shading occurs because the pile of the carpet has become crushed, flattened or brushed in a different direction to the natural lie of the pile whilst in situ. This causes light reflection at differing angles resulting in the creation of light and dark patches on the carpet. This will occur on all pile fabrics but can be more noticeable on plainer carpets because the shadows created by pile pressure will not be disguised by a heavy pattern or design.
When a carpet is subjected to a heavy point load, such as under the legs of furniture, it is unreasonable to expect the carpet not to indent. Usually, the longer the load is in place, the longer will be the time for the pile to recover. In the case of very heavy loads in place for a considerable time, the recovery time can be very considerable.
Pile Reversal Like shading, this occurs when the pile or nap of the carpet changes direction and thus reflects light at different angles showing the effects of shading which can become permanent. It is also described as ‘watermarking’. This can happen to every carpet construction be it Axminster, Wilton, Tufted, Hand Woven, Persian, Chinese, Indian or even Coir Matting. Like shading it can be more apparent on plain carpet because heavy patterns can disguise the effects. It can occur quite quickly after installation. A tremendous amount of research has been carried out over many years by many institutes to determine the cause of this phenomenon but none of it has proved conclusive.
It must be remembered that it is not only the pile of the carpet that becomes indented. The underlay will also indent and the backing of the carpet may also distort into the indentation in the underlay. Some underlay’s will recover well and some less well depending upon their composition, thickness, density etc. The use of cups below furniture legs can spread the load and the net result is a larger area of less deeply indented carpet. The ability of a carpet to recover from a heavy static load can be measured in the laboratory, using the test method described in BS 4939 and many manufacturers will have data on this aspect of carpet performance. In this test the carpet is loaded for 24 hours and the degree of recovery is measured after 1 hour and 24 hours. Since there are so many different underlay’s however, it is very rare for the recovery from a heavy static load to be evaluated on carpet and underlay.
There is no commonly known manufacturing process which can cause or cure this phenomenon and therefore it is not a manufacturing fault. For further information please check with individual manufacturers recommendations.
Often normal maintenance (vacuum cleaning with a rotating brush machine) will speed up recovery but in the case of serious indentations the use of an iron and damp cloth or a steam iron together with a blunt darning needle to carefully tease up the pile can be beneficial. Care must be take not to over wet the carpet, of course.
Pulling Loops
Samples
Pulled loops occur only in looped pile carpet where one or more loops in the continuous pile is pulled through the primary backing of the carpet. This is usually due to some local condition, possibly some sharp object which has caught in a loop in situ and has resulted in a pull. Pulled loops are easily dealt with by trimming the offending end level with the rest of the pile. They should not be left as this could result in further loops being pulled and developing into a ladder.
The samples held by individual retailers may not be from the same batch as current production and therefore should be used as a guide and not an exact colour match.
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Installation Telephone National Institute of Carpet Fitters (NICF) for further information – 0115 958 3077.
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Flooring factsheet Buying Groups Pick the right one How to decide whether to join a buying group – and which one…
• Evaluate all buying groups as they all work differently • Talk to the main marketing contact and/or a member of the committee
Why join? Buying groups have been a highly successful feature of the floor retailing scene in the last decade or so, giving independents the extra edge they need to compete effectively with the retail park chains. More than 1000 retailers are now members of one of the several buying groups which operate in our sector and the numbers are slowly, but steadily growing.
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• Get a list of members and call up two or three for a ‘real-world’ view
• Establish your territorial exclusivity – where’s the next nearest member of each buying group
• Ensure you understand the financial arrangements,
any fees that would relate to your membership, how the bills are paid and whether your fees are refundable if it doesn’t work out. Ask the buying group for a consultation to estimate your potential savings
While the benefits of bulk buying power are self-evident, the resistance to the buying group concept among nonmembers appears to be centred on fears of surrendering some control to a committee – and most particularly compromising long-established relationships and negotiated terms with current suppliers.
• Review all the extra benefits and services to see
The bottom line is the bottom line. A retailer selling across a broad range of products is likely to improve margins within a buying group – but you don’t need a leap of faith to join up. Ask the buying groups for answers...
flexibility to run your business the way you want
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what you would actually use
• Check out the product ranges offered including the own-label options and the UK/European mix
• Ensure you understand any rules that may limit your
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Key benefits Increase margins • Group purchases to get beneficial rates • Rebates • Exclusive higher-margin products • Special promotions One of the key reasons to join a buying group is to benefit from the discounts they negotiate as a bulk buyer from manufacturers. The way discounts and rebates are passed on to members varies between groups so make sure it’s absolutely clear how this will be done. You’ll need to work out how this compares with discounts you have already negotiated locally with preferred suppliers. Access professional services • Business and financial services • IT and internet support • Training and workshops • Professional bodies Some buying groups offer an excellent range of other services which may be valuable to your business. Financial services include invoice factoring, credit, loans and insurance. Some of the more sophisticated groups offering marketing packages, software systems to help you run your business operations and customised websites ready to use. Relationships with professional and training organisations can also offer discounts. 60
Increase sales • Best of both worlds’ proposition • Wider ranges and exclusive products • POS, displays and merchandising support Your customers will like the proposition that you are independent but with the buying power of a group – this gives them (and you) the ‘best of both worlds’ with personal service and competitive pricing. Most groups will also offer you ‘own label’ ranges and support with pointof-sale, merchandising and displays. Central stockholding may also be on offer. Network with other independents • Members-only exhibitions with preferred manufacturers • Regular meetings and supplier presentations • Regional workshops • Helpline A lot of retailers enjoy the buying group environment of being independent but not alone out there on the High Street. Groups hold regular meetings and some have their own trade shows, regional meetings and workshops to help you develop your business. The network gives you someone to call when you need advice on, for example, an unusual installation, a technical consumer complaint, legal issue or business dilemma.
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F L O O R I N G FAC T S H E E T WOOL FIBRE
The Best Carpet Wool Wool carpets have a historic reputation for quality because as a fibre it is known to withstand pressure and have excellent appearance retention properties. The best wool for carpet production is ‘strong’ wool and this is grown on sheep breeds found in Britain. British wool is bulky and resilient and offers texture and unique heathery shades to a carpet. 100% wool or 80/20 – 80/10/10 Wool Rich – Wool has yet to be matched by any man-made fibre; it has superior strength and does not need other fibres to improve its performance. However manufacturers choose to use synthetic fibres within the yarn blend for a number of reasons. These include fibre flexibility, dyeing, heat setting, stain resistance, durability and cost. These wool rich compositions offer industry standard carpets which will perform well in the home.
Benefits of Wool Carpet 1. Practical
4. Internal Environment
Strong and Resilient – Wool carpet will provide superior performance over many years as it can offer unique resilience and long lasting durability. The natural crimp of wool offers valuable ‘bounce-back’ so that pile compression is resisted and the effects of tracking and shading are reduced – maintaining good appearance over many years.
Indoor Environment – As a natural ‘smart’ fibre with a complex physical and chemical structure, wool helps to create a balanced atmosphere in the home. It breathes and absorbs humidity in the air, releasing it when the atmosphere becomes dry and helps improve air quality by absorbing airborne toxins in indoor air.
Easy care – Wool is a natural fibre that has an inbuilt resistance to soiling due to its natural oils and its outer surface of microscopic scales and as a result additional anti-soil treatments are not necessary. Simply vacuuming the carpet will keep it looking good and whilst wool initially repels spills, prompt and complete blotting with white paper towels or an absorbent cloth is advised and will address many household spillages.
Anti–allergy – The minute scales on the fibre’s surface will hold fine dust until vacuumed which helps to reduce floating particulate in the atmosphere. Wool does not give off harmful emissions or promote the growth of bacteria and wool is not a food source for dust mites.
2. Comfort Soft and Warm – Wool carpet adds luxurious underfoot comfort and warmth to the home and acts as an insulator improving heat retention and energy efficiency.
Natural and Sustainable – Grown on sheep, which graze freely, wool is both 100% natural and fully sustainable. As shearing is a necessary part of animal husbandry this means that every year there is a fresh supply of wool available for the carpet manufacturing industry.
Peace and Quiet – Wool carpet absorbs sound and cushions the home against echo and room to room noise transfer.
Energy Efficient – Wool is energy efficient in the home and also in carpet production.
3. Safety
Biodegradable – Wool fibre is biodegradable in soil and will produce nitrogen, sulphur, carbon dioxide and water which are all plant nutrients.
Fire Retardant – Wool is naturally fire resistant, has a slow ignition rate and tests show that it is self extinguishing within seconds. It meets many safety regulations without additional treatments and is favoured in contract locations for this reason. Fall Friendly – Carpet cushions and so provides a softer floor which protects against serious injury in falls by the very young or the elderly.
5. Eco/Environmental
Environmentally Assessed – Wool is an environmentally responsible fibre that has been measured in terms of its ecological impact. A Life Cycle Analysis study carried out by Leeds University to ISO 14040 standard for British Wool concludes that it compares favourably when measured against man-made fibres.
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Fells Carpets
Birch Distribution Sheffield - see Floorwise page 64
BL Flooring Supplies Bristol - see Floorwise page 64
Birch Distribution Leeds - see Floorwise page 64
BL Flooring Supplies Gloucester - see Floorwise page 64
Birch Distribution Hull - see Floorwise page 64
Fitwell Flooring Ltd Redruth - see Floorwise page 64
Cornerstone Flooring Doncaster - see Floorwise page 64
Fitwell Flooring Ltd Newton Abott - see Floorwise page 64
Cornerstone Flooring East midlands and Warwickshire 01159 444711 sales@cornerstoneflooring.co.uk www.cornerstoneflooring.co.uk
Flooring Supplies (Wessex) Amesbury 01980 625888 orders@flooringsupplieswessex.co.uk
Leeds 0113 3071900 carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk TCS “The Carpet Specialists” morecambe 01524 840177 info@tcsthecarpetspecialists.com www.tcsthecarpetspecialists.com Xylo Wood Flooring London 020 8368 8122 infouk@xyloflooring.com www.xyloflooring.com
North East Fells Carpets Leeds 0113 3071900 carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Floorwise (North East) Ltd Birtley - see Floorwise page 64
North West A&A Carpets manchester 01204 701188 sales@aandacarpets.co.uk www.aandacarpets.co.uk D. M. Miller Ltd manchester 0161 205 9949 dm.miller@btconnect.com www.dmmillerltd.spaces.lives.com Fells Carpets Goole 0113 3071900 carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Choice Flooring manchester - see Floorwise page 64 MCA Floorwise Ltd morecambe - see Floorwise page 64 Millbrook Carpets Darwen 01254 703999 millbrookcarpets@live.co.uk
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DMS Flooring Supplies Northampton 0845 643 5601 dmsnorthampton@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk Floorwise D & J Ltd Southam - see Floorwise page 64 J J Wholesale & Distribution Ltd Birmingham 0121 765 4994 jjwholesale@gmx.com Matty’s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 01675 433072 sales@mattys.co.uk STS Flooring Distributors Watford 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk Trade Counter Carpets Leicester 0845 604 3055 tradecountercarpets@gmail.com Woodall Brothers Ltd Shrewsbury - see Floorwise page 64
East Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk Salesmark Ltd 66 St Neots - see Floorwise page 64 STS Flooring Distributors Cambridge Tel: 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk
Salesmark West Ltd Amesbury - see Floorwise page 64 Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk see page 17 for details
South East Acorn Carpet Accessories Bromley, Kent - see Floorwise page 64 Ashmount Flooring Supplies Ltd Tottenham 0208 808 2158 sales@ashmountflooring.co.uk www.ashmountflooringsupplies.co.uk Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk Clifford Floors Strood 01634 285900 sales@clifford.uk.com Culpeck Strood 01634 299000 sales@culpeck.uk.com Columbia Flooring middlesex 020 8443 3322 sales@columbiaflooring.co.uk www.columbiaflooring.co.uk see page 8 for details DMS Flooring Supplies Hemel Hempstead 0845 643 5344 dmshemel@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk
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The Stocklists DMS Flooring Supplies milton Keynes 0845 643 5320 dmslaser@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk Kent Flooring Supplies Ltd Chatham 01634 668668 sales@kentflooring.co.uk www.kentflooring.co.uk Littner Hampton London 020 8520 8474 littnerhampton@aol.com www.littnerhamptoncarpets.co.uk John Palmer Carpets Fareham 01329 221933 sales@johnpalmercarpets.uk.net Potts & Ward, Woodcocks Ltd Brighton 01273 557211 sales@pwwflooring.com www.pwwflooring.com Rackhams London 020 8531 9225 sales@rackhamsltd.co.uk www.rackhamsltd.co.uk see page 16 for details
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Matty’s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 01675 433072 sales@mattys.co.uk
Flanagan Flooring Distributors Belfast & Saintfield Co. Down Northern Ireland Tel: 028 9751 0932 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com
Selected Rugs & Matting Cardiff 0844 8360650 customerservices@selectedrugs.co.uk www.selectedrugs.co.uk
Scotland Flanagan Flooring Distributors Glasgow Business Park Baillieston Tel: 0141 773 1122 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com MCD Scotland Uddingston Glasgow 01698 808000 mcdscotland@mcd.co.uk www.mcdscotland.co.uk Neil Smith Ltd Glasgow - see Floorwise page 64
Flanagan Flooring Distributors Willow Business Park Dublin Tel: (01) 429 7800 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Dublin - see Floorwise page 64 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Belfast - see Floorwise page 64 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Limerick - see Floorwise page 64 TCS “The Carpet Specialists” Co. Louth 00353 429 351 351 info@tcsthecarpetspecialists.com www.tcsthecarpetspecialists.com
Salesmark Lancing - see Floorwise page 64 Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk see page 17 for details STS Flooring Distributors Basildon 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk STS Flooring Distributors Orpington/Croydon 0345 899 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.co.uk Trade Carpet London Wimbledon 0208 247 3891 sales@tradecarpet.com www.tradecarpet.com
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1 Neil Smith Ltd 9 Choice Flooring Ltd Glasgow Trafford Park, Manchester Tel: 0141 552 1141 Tel: 0161 872 8003 sales@neilsmithltd.co.uk choice_flooring@yahoo.com 2 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd 10 Cornerstone Flooring Belfast Doncaster Tel: 028 9075 3202 Tel: 01302 835117 Fax: 028 9075 3901 Fax: 01302 302542 salesbelfast@pfl.ie cornerstonefloor@btconnect.com 3 Floorwise (North East) Ltd 11 Birch Distribution Birtley, County Durham Sheffield, S9 5PH Tel: 0191 410 7070 Tel: 0114 243 1230 Fax: 0191 410 6116 Fax: 0114 243 5118 sales@floorwisene.co.uk n.maude@birchdistribution.co.uk 4 MCA Floorwise Ltd 12 Woodall Brothers Ltd Morecambe, Lancashire Shrewsbury, Shropshire Tel: 01524 33517 Tel: 01743 441584 Fax: 01524 381852 Fax: 01743 441629 sales@mcafloorwise.co.uk sales@woodallbrothers.co.uk 5 Birch Distribution 13 Floorwise D & J Ltd Hull, HU7 0XD Southam, Warwickshire Tel: 01482 826654 Tel: 01926 814922 Fax: 01482 878693 Fax: 01926 817899 d.ostler@birchdistribution.co.uk sales@fwdj.co.uk 6 Birch Distribution 14 Salesmark Ltd Leeds, LS10 1AG St Neots, Cambridgeshire Tel: 0113 244 4363 Tel: 01480 212888 Fax: 0113 244 8665 Fax: 01480 218585 l.sigsworth@birchdistribution.co.uk sales@salesmark.co.uk 7 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd 15 BL Flooring Supplies Ltd Dublin 12 Gloucester Tel: 00353 (0)1 626 3913 Tel: 01452 223355 Fax: 00353 (0)1 460 4669 Fax: 01452 371284 salesdublin@pfl.ie info@blflooring.co.uk 8 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd 16 BL Flooring Supplies Ltd Limerick Bristol Tel: 00353 (0)61 227 100 Tel: 0117 955 5454 Fax: 00353 (0)61 227 000 Fax: 0117 955 2626 sales@pfl.ie info@blflooring.co.uk
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Flooring factsheet Carpet types Tip Sheared
Random Sheared
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Tufted With advances in manufacturing technology, 95% of all carpet produced today is tufted. It takes about an hour to make a roll of carpet that might take eight hours to weave. To make tufted carpet, hundreds of yarn-threaded needles are pushed through the primary backing fabric to form loops or tufts, which may be left as is or cut. A heavy adhesive coating is applied to hold the tufts in place and a secondary backing is usually glued on for strength and stability. A wide variety of styles and textures can then be created using various techniques.
LOOP PILE
Berber – Berber carpets look like and are named after a handmade, bulky wool carpet made by the Berber tribes of North Africa and Asia. The loops are made from thick or bulky yarns of wool, nylon, polypropylene or a blend of these fibres to give a cushioned effect underfoot. These carpets are available in an assortment of colours and may be flecked and can be either level loop or multilevel loop.
Level loop – When all the loops are of the same height, a highly flexible and durable carpet is created which has a natural, casual appearance even when (commonly) it is made from synthetic fibres. The tight loop texture tends to hide marks so it’s a good blend between luxury and practicality.
multi-level loop – The loops vary to two or sometimes three loop heights to create informal, random textures which are very forgiving for marks and stains and therefore very suitable for high traffic areas and busy family rooms.
BONDED Bonded carpets (sometimes called ‘fibre-bonded’ or ‘fusion bonded’) are created by firing fibres into an adhesive material – the fibres are not stitched into the backing in any way. The technique is principally used for commercial carpet tiles.
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Freize – Frieze or frisée (pronounced freesay) carpets are similar to saxony, but the yarns are more tightly twisted and should always be heat set. They have a dense, low pile surface which creates a coarse, pebbly texture. Frieze carpets are very durable and hide footprints, dust and dirt, which makes them suitable for heavy traffic areas.
Saxony – Saxony textures are made of twisted yarns, which should be heat set. The tips remain very distinct, rather than blending together to form a very elegant finish. Saxony textures show footprints and vacuum marks so are suitable for more occasional rooms in the home. More textured variations improve the practicality of saxonies. Twist – The popular twist carpet is the cut-pile standard. The yarn is tightly twisted and often heatset to retain this feature and the result is a versatile, textured finish that is ideal for plain colours.
Velvet – Velvet textures (sometimes called ‘velour’ or ‘plush’) all have a level surface pile of approx 5mm to 10mm height, which is then sheared to give a smooth finish. With very little twist in the yarn, the ends blend together which then further enhances the overall finish. These carpets tend to ‘shade’ with heavy use. Footprints show easily and the colour looks different from place to place because fibres lying in different directions reflect the light differently. A luxury for occasional rooms.
CUT AND LOOP When some of the pile is cut and other left as loop, a variety of surface textures and patterns can be created (in a variety of colours). The multi-level surface is excellent for hiding footprints and stains so cut and loop is good for high traffic areas and general purpose rooms in the home.
Shag pile – Shag pile has varied in popularity. The pile is up to 50mm long and the texture is casual and loose but the surface can flatten easily and may lack durability.
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Woven Woven carpet may be in a tiny minority of today’s production but still produces some of the finest carpets which are used for prestigious installations. Axminster The pile of the carpet is inserted into the backing as it is woven and cut to length, creating U-shaped tufts to give a velvety surface. The process locks in the fibre to create a carpet of high durability and performance retention as well as a luxury feel. The process allows for intricate designs and colours to be used – although modern trends mean that the traditional patterned axminster has given way to current fashion trends for plain carpets. Wilton Wilton woven carpets are produced in a similar way to axminsters – the principal difference being that a continuous fibre is woven all the way through. The carpet can be sheared to create a range of cut and loop textured effects. The result is a high quality carpet of unrivalled durability. Flat weave Manufactured in the same way as wilton, flat weave is a loop pile which allows the yarn to be woven across a wider area to created a flatter, more textured effect. 65
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