Archives: 2008 March

AFA - American Floorcovering Alliance(formerly DFCMA) is located in Dalton, Georgia, the carpet capital of the world was formed in 1979 to promote the floor covering industry. AFA, a not for profit association, promotes the industry’s products and services to the world, and educates the members and others through seminars, press releases, and trade shows.
AFMA […]

With the many varieties of wood, there are many natural colors and these can be stained to a completely different color. 
Bamboo is a light color naturally. During manufacturing, all strips are subjected to a bleaching process where strong oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide are used to suppress color differences and oxidize troublesome organic matter. […]

DO’S

Install humidity controls.  The use of a dehumidifier or humidifier is critical in areas with frequent variations in temperature and humidity.
Sweep with soft bristle broom or dust mop the floor daily.  Walking on dusty or dirty floors will damage the finish.
Vacuum the floor regularly using a floor tool and not a beater brush.
Clean spots from […]

The largest percentage of complaints when it comes to both wood and bamboo are moisture related.  The moisture is usually due to a site related condition.  Frequently a moisture problem is caused by conditions such as water under the structure, leaking pipe, excessively wet concrete or too much moisture in a buildings structural components at […]

Carpet that is not properly specified will ugly out regardless of what it is installed over.  Most everyone has heard the statement “a good quality cushion will make an inexpensive carpet last longer.”  While there is a certain amount of truth to this statement, the best of cushion can only do so much for a […]

Installing New Carpet over Old Cushion - Carpet Pad
It is common for an inspector to investigate an installation and find poor performing carpet installed over the old cushion.  While this old cushion may have looked pretty good to the installer or salesperson that talked them out of a new one, it has often lost much […]

Every person in the floor covering industry and especially those that sell, install, inspect and service carpet need to understand the broad variety of complaints that they will face at any given time.  These same people need to understand that appearance and wear are not synonymous and in fact the two frequently used words are […]

If you are a manufacturer, distributor, dealer, designer or contractor selling carpet, laminate, hardwood, vinyl, ceramic tile, stone, linoleum, cork or any other flooring or floor-covering product you need to ask yourself: “Do the products I recommend or sell bite me?” How important is it to you to know that you have recommended, specified or sold a […]

Procedures
1. Urgency is important with spot cleaning. The earlier that you get to it the better it will usually come off. Most carpet is stain-resistant but no carpet is stain-proof.
2. With a putty knife or the edge of other dull knife, scrape off […]