Lately it seems everyone is talking about discount laminate flooring. What exactly is laminate flooring? It is a manufactured product that is made to simulate the look of its counterpart natural products like wood for example. Today’s technology allows the manufacturing of realistic looking wood floor covering complete with texture and grains. If it’s a...
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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...
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 Remnant Uses
Carpet remnants are perfect for smaller floor covering jobs. If you need to carpet one room it might be more cost efficient to look at discount carpet remnants. Carpet remnants are usually made from the short piece of carpet left over from a roll that has been installed. The remnant is then measured, priced and...
Carpet Still Main Floor Covering
Carpet is still the primary choice of floor covering for most homeowners. There are numerous reasons for this but in this economy it is safe to say that carpet is relatively inexpensive and easier to install than other types of flooring. Today more than ever there are many color and texture choices for the fashion...