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Jonny F

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What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« on: March 29, 2005, 03:01:21 am »

      In the US , by far the most popular choice of fiber is nylon, followed quickly my polyprop. berbers.  I see very little wool, but often in some of the up scale homes there might be a room or two. So what do you folks see over there on a daily basis?  Jon

  P.S. Sorry about all the basic questions, I'm just very interested. :)
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dave401uk

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2005, 08:01:08 am »
hello Jonny,i would say the most common is wool mix 80/20


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Doug Holloway

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2005, 08:10:39 am »
Jon,

It depends on which part of the market .

At your end I would expect mainly wool, woolmix 80/20 nylon.

At the bottom end lots of PP and Nylon.

Cheers,

Doug
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Big_Fish

Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2005, 08:49:21 am »
Mainly wool and wool mixes.
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Nobby

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2005, 02:05:13 pm »
I agree, 80% wool 20% nylon twist pile is by far the most common.

Nobby
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mark_roberts

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2005, 04:08:35 pm »
Very rarely see nylon or else I cant identify it :o.  See lots of wool mix in the main lounges and hall, stairs and landing.  Bedrooms is usually polypropolene or 100% wool berbers which are worse that polypropolene IMO.

Was in carpet right the other day looking for a carpet.  Loads of 100% polypropolene twist.  Very few axminsters or wiltons.  Quite a few 10% wool and 90% polypropolene.  Some polyester carpets which wear really badly.

Didnt buy anything as the wife couldnt see the colour she wanted.

Mark

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woodman

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2005, 04:29:40 pm »
Hi Jonny

In the last survey carried out in the US you had less than 1% wool carpets so it is indeed very rare to see any in your neck of the woods.

Mine would break down in the region of something like this:

75% Wool mix (80/20) twist pile
15% 100% wool including rugs
10% synthetic

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jcbdfa

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2005, 08:48:47 pm »
a surprising amount of the carpets are axminsters but once again 80/20 s rule my roost?? the axies are usually ancient and belong to old dears and clean up amazingly well a tribute to their quality!!
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Phil Marlor

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2005, 09:10:19 pm »

Mark, what do you mean when you say 100% wool berbers are even worse, looks or hard to clean or wear out quickly?

Just wondered because I have them in 2 of my bedrooms and I think they are quite hard wearing and clean up well.

Phil.
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mark_roberts

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2005, 10:01:02 pm »
Phil

I think their harder to clean especially specific stains due to the wools ability to absorb.

I also think they hide a lot of soiling below the loop again which can cause problems during cleaning especially if the carpets been neglected.

Mark

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Ken Wainwright

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2005, 04:17:20 pm »
At a guess, my residential marketplace seems to be about 70% wool or woll blend, perhaps 25% polypropylene, with only the occasional nylon or polyester. Veggy carpets are a rarity.

This topic started me thinking about the fibres I clean, and what really surprised me was the small amount of nylon that I clean. However, in the office environment, I'd take a guess at 90% nylon. Indian/chinese Restaurants about 110% woven polyprop (the chinese can't get their tongues around the word "Belgian" ;) ) The small amount of Licensed trade I do is 100% woven wool.

Safe and happy cleaning :)
Ken
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adl

Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2005, 05:53:33 pm »
Dirty ones ;D ;D ;D

regards Dave ADL
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strakercleaning

Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2005, 08:47:50 am »
White and draught marked  ;)
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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2005, 08:34:35 pm »
Chris
I think they meant carpets ??? not the cheeks of your arse ;D
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strakercleaning

Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2005, 09:11:16 pm »
Draught marked maybe but not white..........not with my allover tan ::)
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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2005, 09:22:14 pm »
thats called dirt chris ;D
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Ken Wainwright

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Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2005, 09:33:01 pm »
No it's not Nick, Chris has been on the charcoal tablets. They're Skid Marks :o

Safe and happy cleaning :)
Ken
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