There are many trends in the floor covering industry from color and size to different textures. Carpet comes in so many varieties it can be overwhelming. The same hold true for discount hardwood flooring, laminates, stone, ceramic and vinyl flooring. So how do you get started? Well take a deep breath and then answer some...
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Discount Flooring – Vinyl
Boy has vinyl discount flooring come a long way since the 1950’s. In fact, don’t even think about the vinyl flooring in the house you grew up in. Vinyl is no longer that plastic looking, shiny ripped and pitted floor you had to live with. Thanks to advances in technology, today’s vinyl flooring comes in...
Carpet Pad Benefits
You have decided what type of discount carpet to put in your home and now you must decide on carpet padding that goes underneath the carpet. Carpet padding can also be referred to as carpet cushion depending on the area of the country you are purchasing your flooring. Carpet padding is so important because it...
Discount Carpet as Main Floor Covering
Why carpet? This question gets asked a lot. With so many discount flooring options available why indeed choose carpet? One answer is to definitely have carpet in the bedrooms. I have recently had two friends have two very different accidents in their bedrooms. The first has tile in her bedroom as she has four dogs....
Discount Flooring – Going Green
Today is Earth Day and a great topic is “going green”. In the carpet and flooring industry many strides have been taken to do just that, go green. Everything from developing new environmentally friendly methods of producing fibers to recycling programs for flooring that is no longer viable in the home. Hard surfaces now include...
Tile – Ceramic including Porcelain
Ceramic tile is a great choice for floor covering. Porcelain is a denser type of ceramic tile using finer clay and materials fired at higher temperatures. This helps make porcelain more water-resistant. Due to modern technology, ceramic tile comes in an unlimited amount of colors, sizes, styles, shapes and even textures sure to satisfy the...
Mohawk Flooring Announces SmartStrand
Mohawk Flooring and DuPont have partnered to develop a luxurious carpet made with SmartStrand. SmartStrand carpet with DuPont Sorona is leading the way in the carpet industry for sustainability. A key ingredient in SmartStrand is Sorona fiber which is produced from the sugar found in corn (corn sugar). Corn sugar is a renewable resource. In...
Cheap Carpet Styles and Types
Shopping for discount flooring can be a fun and rewarding experience provided you know some of the basics. Manufacturers of carpet including Shaw Carpet and Mohawk Carpet make carpeting in basically these six different styles: 1. Textured carpet: has alternating twists of yarn that gives it a two-tone look. This carpet is a great floor...
Carpet Depot Blog Energy Efficiency
Do you want discount flooring that is energy efficient, good looking, durable, and easy on your feet? You might want to consider wall-to-wall carpet and carpet pad. It has been proven that wall-to-wall carpet increases the R-value of the area covered giving you the potential to save on utility costs. The R-value measures a material’s...
Carpet Tiles – A Unique Flooring Look
Carpet tiles, formerly used strictly for commercial business has become more popular as a home floor covering choice as our floor covering offerings expand. Carpet tiles are 18 inch by 18 inch squares of carpet that can be attached to the ground, either by using adhesive tape, or by purchasing carpet tiles that come with...