Posts Tagged ‘carpet’
How Often Should You Have Your Carpet Professionally Cleaned in the Triangle?
Plan on a professional deep cleaning every 12 to 18 months, with weekly vacuuming in between. That is the schedule the Carpet and Rug Institute, the trade group that runs the certification programs the big carpet mills submit their products to, treats as the baseline for a typical home. The honest answer is that the…
Read MoreCarpet Styles Explained: Cut Pile, Loop, and How to Choose the Right One
Two separate things decide how a carpet looks and how long it stays looking that way: the fiber it’s made of and the way that fiber is built into the carpet. Most buying guides only talk about the first one. This guide is about the second, the construction, because it’s the part that decides whether…
Read MoreHow to Choose Carpet for Stairs
Of all the carpet in your home, the piece on your stairs works the hardest. Every trip up or down concentrates weight on the same narrow strip of fiber. Nails and paws grip the same edges. Vacuum cleaners struggle. Sunlight often hits at odd angles. And unlike a bedroom, where a worn patch can be…
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