Pile yard height and weight

 Pile yard height & weight 

In soft floor coverings surface texture is the added third dimension that gives the floor covering more depth, this is achieved by the pile layer. This can create different visual appearances based on the pile height, pile thickness, construction, density, and yarn twist. The pile height in a carpet is the length of the pile tufts above the backings. Any amount of the pile yarn that is in the backing does not count towards the pile height of the carpet. This height is normally counted for in decimal form, this information is given to the designers, architects, and those installing the products. Along with pile height comes pile density, which is how close the pile tufts are to one another. As seen below the yarns on the right have a low density since they are further spaces. The left yarns are a high density since there is less space between them. 





Cut + loop piles & multilevel carpet styles

Carpeting has many different shapes and forms it an take on to make unique looks. When having a cut pile in a carpet, the loops are cut making independent tufts. When the pile is cut there is a certain level of twist added to the yarns for added strength and to help lower the risk of the yarns unraveling. These also produce a different overall look to the carpet. Within the cut pile, there are different styles that fall underneath this family. Velour carpets are a cut pile carpet, they have a dense cut-pile, they do not have the tips heat set so there is no definition to the yarn tip. Velvet (or plush) carpets is a general term for cut pile, there are low twist levels giving it a soft luxurious feeling. Saxony carpets normally uses yarns that are heat set, giving definition to the yarn tips. This gives it a stronger thickness retention since the amount of flaring is reduced. Freieze textures have a maximum twist to them to have increased stability. The yarns are well defined from one another, these yarns often take on different directions as seen below. Looped carpets started off being primarily used in commercial spaces since they were easy to clean and had great durability. However, now they are starting to be used in residential spaces as well. It is common to find multilevel looped carpets where there is a noticeable difference in the heights. It can be used to help emphasize a pattern or to create a random appearance. 


I was looking for videos to help better showcase these styles of carpeting and I found one that was very interesting and fun to watch. This video is about 15 minutes and it shows a girl who creates her own carpeting and rugs. In this video she shows the tufting guns used to create the rugs and discusses that different tufting guns can create a cut or loop piles. She then shows how the process of creating a rug is done. I thought this video was a good choice because it was very fun to watch how they are made while discussing the different ways it can be done. 

CUT PILE vs. LOOP PILE | which rug tufting gun should I get and what's the difference? - YouTube

CARE

The CARE organization is committed to recycling post consumer carpets to be reused or properly disposed of. The Double Green effort is fantastic, it encourages people to buy recycled post consumer carpet products to cut back on the materials being used for carpeting. It applies to any product that contains at least 10% post consumer carpet products and 10% post consumer recycled material. Many companies participate in this including EF Contracts. Their mission is make sure the materials do not reach the landfills and they also encourage customers to purchase these recycled products, Since 2009 EF Contracts has reclaimed 5.6 million pounds of post consumer carpet that avoided landfills. J + J Flooring,  based in California, is yet another carpet company that is switching to having carpet reclamation be apart of their company. They accept carpet made from any manufacturer and turn the product into a J + J Flooring product. This company also takes their LVT to reclaim. They also ensure that the materials will never reach the landfills. Since 2009 they have reclaimed over 7.8 million pounds of post consumer carpet from reaching the landfills. 





Resources:

Carpet Reclamation - EF Contract Flooring

Double Green (carpetrecovery.org)

Blog (carpetrecovery.org)

Carpet Reclamation - J+J Flooring Group



Comments

  1. INT323-2021November 2, 2021 at 10:23 AM

    The reclamation of carpet is a great way to help clients while preserving our environment!
    Excellent post! Please post to the class blog and comment on other posts.

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