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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jonny F on March 29, 2005, 03:01:21 am

Title: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: Jonny F 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. :)

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: dave401uk on March 29, 2005, 08:01:08 am

hello Jonny,i would say the most common is wool mix 80/20


Dave

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: Doug Holloway 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

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: Big_Fish on March 29, 2005, 08:49:21 am

Mainly wool and wool mixes.

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: Nobby on March 29, 2005, 02:05:13 pm

I agree, 80% wool 20% nylon twist pile is by far the most common.

Nobby

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: mark_roberts 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

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: woodman 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

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: jcbdfa 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!!

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: Phil Marlor 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.

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: mark_roberts 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

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: Ken Wainwright 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

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: adl on March 30, 2005, 05:53:33 pm

Dirty ones ;D ;D ;D

regards Dave ADL

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: strakercleaning on March 31, 2005, 08:47:50 am

White and draught marked  ;)

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: *paul_moss on March 31, 2005, 08:34:35 pm

Chris
I think they meant carpets ??? not the cheeks of your arse ;D
Paul

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: strakercleaning on March 31, 2005, 09:11:16 pm

Draught marked maybe but not white..........not with my allover tan ::)

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: HolmansUKLTD on March 31, 2005, 09:22:14 pm

thats called dirt chris ;D

Title: Re: What Carpet do you find most often in the UK
Post by: Ken Wainwright 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