What is the best carpet colour?
Lighter neutral colours are excellent for producing a minimalist décor. Light and bright colours are great because they can create bold designs, but lighter carpets tend to show stains more easily than darker ones do so you'll want something stain-resistant like the Berber carpet if your home's design includes light surfaces such as walls or shelves that might get dirty often - not just areas near entryways where people walk into the house every day!Which is the most durable type of carpet?
The battle for carpet supremacy has been joined by new materials! Pure wool carpets once represented the best in durability, but now there are synthetic fibre that can compete. These modern building blocks of nature are designed with excellent stain and soil-resistant properties as well as water resistance; they also happen to be hypoallergenic, so you will never need an allergy pill while lounging on them at home or work again. At Mikes Carpets, we know that your floors are one of the most important parts of any home. That's why our team specialises in flooring options for each individual need--from carpets to hardwood!How to find the best carpet and flooring for my living place?
When choosing flooring for your home, there are many factors to consider. Are they busy family rooms with children running around or high traffic areas where liquid spills may occur? Will it be stain-resistant and hard-wearing? What colours best suit not only the functional usage you have in mind but also match the colour palette of décor that suits your lifestyle choices? How much is one willing to spend on carpet and flooring products per square foot. With friendly customer service at Mikes Carpets Flooring & Blinds Centre by your side, we'll make sure all these questions get answered, so you know exactly who to trust when making this investment!How long will my carpets last?
With proper maintenance, a carpets can last several years. If a carpets shows signs of wear and tear and becomes a slip hazard it needs to be replaced.What is an underlay? Why it is important?
The underlay plays an important role in the comfort a carpet offers. It serves as a cushion under the carpet which also offers a layer of insulation from the bare sub floor and greatly enhances the comfort and user experience. The two most common types of underlay include rubber and foam. They come in a range of thickness and density. The higher the thickness and density, better the insulation against temperature and sound. A good underlay also increases the lifespan of the carpet as serves as a protective layer.
At Mikes Carpets we offer more than 6 grades of foam underlays and 3 grades of rubber underlays to suit your specific needs. What is the difference between linear meter (lm) and square meter (sqm)?
Most carpets come in 3.66m or rarely 4m wide. One square meter = 1m x 1m = 1sqm One linear meter = 1m x 3.66m = 3.66sqm It is essential to know the prices for comparison.
How to calculate the carpet needed for a room?
Most carpets come in standard 3.66m wide and rarely 4m wide. We recommend to add about 5% -10%for wastage if any. Following is a simple rough estimate of how much carpet for your room.
Let’s start with a simple room; if your room is 4M by 5M, we would use the below formula to get the area:
Length in Metres X Width in Metres
5.0mx 4.0m = 20sqm + 2.0sqm (10% wastage)
Total area required = 22.0sqm or approximately 6.01 Lineal Meters (22÷3.66)
How to calculate for multiple rooms
Let’s say you have a room that is a bit more complicated, that isn’t a simple rectangle or square, or you want to use the flooring across multiple rooms. You can still use the calculation as above, but you will need to section off areas of the room using the masking tape so that you have multiple rectangles to get m2 of each area individually. Once you havemeasured each section, you can then use the calculation above to get your square or lineal meter area:
Length in Metres X Width in Metres
Bedroom A 4.0m x 5.0m = 20m2
Bedroom B 3.5m x 4.0m = 14m2
Passage X 3.5m x 1.0m = 3.5m2
Passage Y 2.0m x 2.0m = 4m2
Total = 41.5m2 + 4.15m (10% wastage)
Total required = 45.65m2 or approximately 12.5 Lineal Metres (45.65÷3.66) How to buy a carpet?
We have compiled the following into give you 4 easy steps in choosing a carpet. 1. Choose the fiber- Purpose of the room.
- Amount of foot traffic.
- Budget
- Pet friendly?
- Matching your interior décor and lifestyle.
- Texture you would like to have.
- Amount of foot traffic
- Want the carpet to blend into room or stand out from the rest?
- Want the room to look spacious?
- Want the room to be calm or active?
- Book a free measure and quote with us. Our consultants will bring samples. Get your carpets done from the comfort of your home.
What are the different styles / profiles in carpets?
Cut Pile:
The cut pile carpets are the ones where the fibers are looped into the carpet backing and the top of the loops are cut off leaving flat tufts of fiber. 1. Cut Pile Plush:- Shorter pile length and the piles are twisted together.
- Twisting of fiberscreates texture under light
- Soft and offer a formal look
- Prone to footprints and vacuuming
- Suitable to medium to low traffic areas
- Piles in this type are twisted and hence the pile get oriented along different directions
- Offer superior comfort and feel
- Compared to cut pile, they are less likely to show footprints or tracking
- Suited for areas with high foot traffic
Loop Pile:
In this type, the fibers are looped into the backing of the carpet to form continuous loops. 1. Level Loop Pile:- All the loops are uniform in length
- Textures are produced in these by varying the tightness of loops
- Doesn’t show footprints
- Best suited for high traffic areas
- Loops are in different heights
- Loops in different sequences are used to create patterns
- Well suited for medium to high-traffic areas.
- Alsocalled High-Low loop pile
Combination Cut and Loop Pile
They contain combination of cut and loop pile to create patterns. They can also create sculptured effects under different lighting conditions. 1. Textured Cut and Loop Pile- Combination of cut and loop tufts
- Soft and smooth textured feel
- Different patterns which give a great appeal
- Less prone to foot prints
- Suited for medium to high traffic
- Combination of level loop and cut fiber tufts
- Suited for medium to high traffic
- Less prone to foot prints and vacuuming
How to choose the right fiber for me?
Wool:
- It’s a natural fiber which is warm, luxurious and durable.
- Its hard wearing and can last for several years with good maintenance.
- It has excellent noise and heat insulation.
- Its superior properties places it on the expensive side of pricing.
- It's blend of natural corn sugar and synthetic polymer.
- It is extremely resilient, durable, luxurious and soft
- It has very good stain resistance. Most stains can be cleaned using cold water.
- It is highly resistant to fadingof colors
- It is pet friendly.
Nylon:
- It’s a synthetic fiber known for its toughness and durability
- It inherits some of the stain resisting properties of triexta at a comparatively lower price
- It has a wide variety of colors and available in different styles
- It is well suited for busy living areas with pets and offers plushness and comfort.
- It gives the natural and luxurious feel of wool along with toughness and resilience of synthetic fibers
- It often consists of 80:20 with 80% wool and remaining synthetic fiber.
Polyester:
- It’s a more affordable synthetic fiber which offers value for money
- It’s better suited for low traffic areas such as study, guest room and child’s room.
- Its also a more affordable synthetic fiber
- Its ideal for investment properties or play rooms.
- Its better suited for low traffic areas.
