How to Pick Out A Carpet For Your New Home?

Are you a home buyers who is purchasing their new construction home in Northern Virginia or considering buying a home that needs TLC or a landlord wanting to change that old worn out carpet in the home or simply as a home owners who is thinking about replacing their current worn out carpet whatever may be you reason to buy your next carpet.

I needed to shop for carpeting for my basement and learned little things that helped me learn how to purchase my flooring.
Here are the tips on how to pick your carpet:

Material:
Almost all modern carpets are made from nylon, polyester, or olefin.  Nylon is the strongest type of material and also the most widely used.  Even though nylon will never wear down to the treads, it can fade and get very scrubby in appearance. Buying the proper padding for your carpet and having it treated with a stain resistant treatment will help to make it last a lot longer.  Olefin indoor or outdoor carpeting.  Olefin is colorfast and strong, very easy to clean.  One of the draw backs to olefin is that it can easily be crushed.

Density:
It is very interesting that several people use the density of carpet as their primary factor in  judging quality. 
When you pick out a carpet, you need to know how to tell if carpet is good enough quality.  One easy way to test is by looking at the density of the carpet.  This means the thickness and closeness of the pile, or each specific strand of fiber.

The closer the fibers are to each other, the better the overall quality will be.  You should stick your fingers into the rub or bend it to see if you can feel or see the mesh.  The less you feel or see, the better the quality of the carpet.  Another factor with quality carpet is the twist level or the numbers of twists in 1 inch length of fiber - as the more twists you see, the better.

Cut of the Carpet:
The density of the pile will affect how the carpet will wear, while the cut of the pile will affect how the carpet looks.  A plush cut carpet looks like a field of velvet with even color and it's great for a formal look. 

The saxony cut carpet has irregular cuts of pile, and provides a great everyday look.  Frieze is a very nubby twisted pile, with a less formal look although the wear it offers is very good.

When you buy carpet, you shouldn't ignore the carpet pad.  Along with going for the best quality of carpet you can afford, you should also buy the best quality of pad as well.  The padding will cut down on noise, and also help to act as a cushion
so it's very important - almost as important as the carpet.


In a nutshell:
The following are points that you'll want to consider when you evaluate the durability of the carpet:
    1.  75% twist
    2.  15% fiber type
    3.  10% density

By taking your time and knowing what to look for, you won't have any problems picking out your next carpet and it will save you trouble of replacing carpeting frequently. 


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