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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mike_Boxall on March 06, 2007, 09:27:25 am

Title: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: Mike_Boxall on March 06, 2007, 09:27:25 am

Hi

Noticing the topic about seagrass carpets has made me think about producing a simple identification guide.

Whoever can send us the most number of different images of carpet types will win £30 of Marks and Spencer vouchers.

The photographs must be clearly identifiable close-ups (ideally a cross section photo at reasonable resolution).

To begin with can you please email them to me mike@expresscleaningsupplies.co.uk. Initially, we'll give people until the end of March to send them in before we announce a winner.

Thanks and good luck!

Mike

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: John Kelly on March 06, 2007, 09:54:44 am

Mike you could save yourself the trouble. This site gives you a good idea of various carpet types and construction. You could also lift the photos if required.
http://www.ukcarpetsdirect.com/carpets/online-carpet-search/

When you put a search in you will then get a range of carpets, click on the picture and the detail will come up including pile content, method of construction etc.
Whats worrying is the amount of Belgian types now in various guises.

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: Mike_Boxall on March 06, 2007, 10:16:12 am

Many thanks John

It'll certainly help althought there's likely to be an issue with copyright and some of the images are quite small.

I'm still keen to get any other images people have or can take.

Thanks again

Mike

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: jbcleaning on March 06, 2007, 11:19:16 am

£18 a metre for a polprop carpet! I think I'm in the wrong business! Anyone know how to make carpets?

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: AJB on March 08, 2007, 12:22:25 am

About 9 years ago i was talking to a carpet salesman as i cleaned his suite
and saying what S**t Belgian Wilton was.
He said at the time they sold it for £14.99 a metre
they bought it direct from the mill in Belgium for 99p a metre,
added £2 to cover free fitting, £2 for free Gripper Rods,
£3 for free underlay and the rest was for profit.
Needless to say he agreed it was Utter S**T!

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: Terry_Burrows on March 08, 2007, 01:20:34 pm

so mike your keeping the ms £30 squid yourself then ;D :o
that means you have to pay at the bar,I am on stand E22 please bring one with you,any day will do ;D vodka tia maria diet coke ice umbrella ;D :o

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: stuart_clark on March 14, 2007, 10:27:17 am

one of my customers is an importer and supplies carpets to a well known carpet shop in the north east, they have about 25 outlet stores and are known for very cheap carpets ! dont want to mention there name, Anyway my customer who is the importer sells them cheap cord carpet 39 pence a square yard they then sell it at £3.95 per square yard!!

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: calmore on March 17, 2007, 03:15:34 pm

Here you go, a picture of loads of different carpet types!:

(http://customcarpetshop.com/pictures/custom-carpet-shop-remnant-.jpg)

Do I win a prize??!

:)

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: Damian on March 17, 2007, 06:52:16 pm

Think ive got every range going on these tombola stands-do i win? ;D

Damian.

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: Mike_Boxall on March 27, 2007, 06:50:39 pm

Quote from: Damian on March 17, 2007, 06:52:16 pm

Think ive got every range going on these tombola stands-do i win? ;D

Damian.

 ::)

Come on guys, there are only 3 of you that have sent any!

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: davep on July 05, 2007, 05:56:36 pm

what about some pics of different upholstery types..

Title: Re: Photographs of carpet types wanted! Win £30 M& S Vouchers
Post by: john meehan on July 06, 2007, 07:21:37 am

heres mine surely im the winner