Insights & Case Studies

Carpet Repairs affect Appearance and Safety Carpet repairs are not always fun to deal with. These unsightly issues can happen immediately after an installation or after time. Typical repair issues include but are not limited to: Bad seams performed by the installer loose fibers pulls in the carpet wrinkled carpet (caused by not power stretching) de-laminated carpet (carpet separates from the backing) bubbling carpet Stains and tears There are installation guidelines written by The Carpet and Rug Institute. The CRI 104 & 105 Installation Guidelines. These guidelines should be strictly adhered to by all installers. Many times repairs are necessary due to installation related issues. “No matter if it is

Carpet doesn’t clean itself! Spots, soil and grease in commercial carpet do not just magically appear. It is spilled on, tracked on and/or grinded in. It is easy to get caught up in the blame game of whose fault the spots are. Bottom line it is often a little of everyone’s fault and, in most cases, it is so simple to fix. Maintain it with a professionally custom designed commercial carpet maintenance program and your most likely going to be happy with your textile floor-covering for years to come. There are a few things you need to keep in mind. Commercial Carpet Warranty’s require a cleaning maintenance program. No program…No

A flooring problem can be a big headache If you purchased a new carpet, wood (manufactured wood) or vinyl floor for your home or business and have a flooring problem you may need some professional help. Consumers of all types of floor surfaces can have failures. There are multiple causes for failures and often they can be due to a combination of events. Warranties and installation grace periods can be vague and time sensitive. Installation guidelines may or may not have been followed. Typically you end up with everyone pointing a finger at someone else and all you want is it fixed. Often a flooring problem can be blamed on

Seam sealing is a must for all new broadloom carpet installations. You may not know, but according to the Carpet and Rug Institutes Commercial and Residential Carpet Installation Guidelines all broadloom seams have to be seam sealed during installation. This installation step protects the freshly cut carpet backing from unraveling at the seams. The backing is a weave. When that weave is cut it creates a weak point if not sealed. Yes, you have seen this. You or the night time facility service provider vacuum over a seam and a carpet yarn gets tangled up in a vacuum brush, often leaving a very obvious missing row of loops or tufts. 

This worn out carpet looks worse than what I just got rid of!! The plain fact is that the manufacturers only consider your new floor covering to be worn out carpet or a wear issue if it has 10% or more loss of face fiber. If your carpet had 10% or more loss of face fiber it is quite probable that you would see holes in it. So using the words “worn out carpet” may not get you anywhere if your carpet is starting to look older than the carpet you just replaced. There are a number of things that can cause your carpet to look worn out. Pooling, Shading

Removing carpet wrinkles is a carpet repair that is not really easy to do once it has become noticeable. Carpet wrinkles usually form because the carpet was not stretched into place properly by the installer. Once carpet wrinkles have formed, the dimensional stability of the attached backing system can be compromised. Re-stretching may help if caught early enough, but most of the time they become more difficult to remove as time goes on. Usually carpet wrinkles go just in one direction. Installers may be able to detach carpet from the wall or open a seam, trim and re-install to fix the problem. Some times seams peak  causing a wrinkle. Again