If you are looking to purchase new carpet for your home, then you know there is a wide range of carpet selections available to you. If you don't know much about carpeting, then those same carpet selections can become overwhelming, and most people end up making their carpeting choice based on color or price, regretting their selection a year later.
As I long time employee of Shaw Carpets, owned by Warren Buffet, I gained a certain amount of expertise in carpet manufacturing and can help explain the different types of carpeting so you can make an informed carpet selection, instead of basing your carpet choice on color or price.
There is really only one thing that you need to know to be able to make a wise carpet selection, a selection that you will be happy with for years and that will serve you well. That one thing is the yarn count in the carpeting. All carpeting, regardless of style or yarn fiber type, has so many stitches of yarn per inch, the more yarn the carpet has, the better it will wear. An easy test you can do is poke your finger in the carpet sample at the carpet store, if your finger instantly touches the carpet backing, that particular carpet has a low stitch count and will not hold up well. The more yarn per inch in the carpet, the more difficult it will be to touch the carpet backing with your finger, thus meaning a durable, quality carpet that will hold up well under years of use. An informed salesperson will be able to tell you the exact amount of stitches per inch. The yarn stitch count will directly relate to the price of the carpeting, the higher the yarn stitches, the higher the price of the carpeting.
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