carpet flooring installation

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What You Should Know About Carpet Flooring
Installation

• Carpet flooring feels luxurious under your feet
  and expresses a lot about your personality and
  the lifestyle of your family. Hence, if you are
  looking for carpet flooring installation in your
  home, plan well and give it a lot of thought.
  There are several factors to be considered,
  starting from the type of carpet that meets your
  requirements right down to the experience and
  professional expertise of the installer that you
  hire.

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• Here is a guide to follow for carpet flooring
  installation.
• Choosing the right carpetThe two important
  components of a carpet are the pile and the
  fiber. Carpets are manufactured by looping the
  fiber yarns through the backing material and then
  left as it is or cut to various lengths and
  angles. How the fiber loops are treated is called
  the carpet pile. Some of the types of cuts and
  the loops are the Berber carpet, Saxony cut,
  Frieze, textured, cut-loop, and more.

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• Various types of fibers are available. Some of
  them like wool, seagrass, sisal, and coir are
  natural fibers while others such as nylon,
  polyester, acrylic, and olefin are synthetic or
  man-made fibers. Each has its use. For example,
  acrylic fibers are resistant to moisture, mildew,
  and staining. Carpets for high footfall areas are
  best with specks of color that hide the dirt and
  dust. Formal areas like the living room look best
  with deep plush wool carpets, the high-grade ones
  being quite expensive. 

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• Taking out the existing carpetThis is not an
  easy task and though a part of carpet flooring
  installation, takes a lot out of the workers.
  Years of use can leave a carpet full of dirt and
  hair, especially if you have pets in the house.
  Installers protect themselves by wearing a mask,
  remove the moldings around the floor and at the
  door, and then slowly cut out the old carpet.

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• Installing the underpadThe floor has to be
  cleaned well and dried as the cleaner the
  underfloor is, the better will the carpet
  installation and the ultimate feel below the
  feet. Existing tack-less strips can be retained
  or new ones put in place. The old cushions will
  be replaced and new ones will be installed. This
  alone will make a tremendous difference to the
  feel and the performance of the new carpet.

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• Installing the new carpet Carpet pieces are
  generally slightly larger than the room it is
  being installed by about six inches either way.
  Only workers from professional carpet flooring
  installation agencies will be able to accurately
  trim this overlay and cut it out correctly,
  preventing any carpet wastage or damage.

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• The final stage in the carpet installation is
  stretching the carpet using first a knee-kicker
  and then a carpet spreader to attach the
  tack-less strips along the wall. The project is
  rounded off by wall trimming, tucking at the
  walls, and reinstallation of the molding of the
  baseboards.