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Furniture Moving For Flooring Installation
Furniture! What do we do about it. I've had some customers ask me about furniture moving. When you are replacing your flooring in your home then all of the furniture must be removed.
Some rooms are so packed with furniture that it becomes an impediment for the consumer to even think about replacing the flooring. There are rare occasions when all of the furniture cannot be removed (such as a hospital bed in the room or a pool table) then we can maneuver around the best we can but in most cases the furniture needs to come out of the room.
The customer is responsible for all of the smaller items. Dover Floor Covering will contract to move large items that the customer can't move out themselves. Items such as couches, loveseats, hutches, beds, dressers and the like can be moved for a fee.
Don't let large furniture or large amounts of furniture stop you from replacing old worn out flooring. We can move furniture for you!
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New Carpet Style!
Dover Floor Covering is proud to offer a new design in nylon 6,6. This new carpet is one of many new carpet offerings we will be introducing in the coming weeks.
This new carpet offering is named Advocate and is made with nylon 6,6 yarn. It is low cropped with twisted loops to insure heavy wear resistance and very little in matting. It comes with a limited lifetime warranty against stains and soil plus a 20 year warranty against abrasive wear and texture retention.
This is a carpet that is designed for high wear areas and is offered at a low, low introductory price. It comes in 16 colors. Call the store to see this carpet sample in your home.
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Where Has All of the Nylon Carpet Gone?
Well, well, well. It looks like a lot of the carpet mills are starting to discontinue nylon carpet. The average person would say "so what". But that's because they have no idea why nylon carpet is the best. The carpet mills have decided in their infinite wisdom to either discontinue nylon carpet or severely restrict nylon products. Why you ask! Because they cost more basically. They can sell polyester carpet for much less thereby creating the illusion of better value. Now, I will freely admit that polyester carpet has come a long way since the 1960's but the polyester yarn is inherently much less resilient. It has a lower melt level so when the mills apply the heat set (which holds in the twist in the yarn) they must do it at a lower heat temperature. This causes the yarn to set it's twist at a lower retention level. What does this mean to the average consumer? It means that the carpet yarn will untwist easier than nylon yarn which is twist set at a much higher temperature. The result is a carpet yarn that will unwind and "look" worn much sooner than nylon. Nylon is legendary for it's wear qualities and it's resiliency.Both of these attributes should be highly desirable but the mills go where the money is so polyester carpet is now the rage.......not!
Nuff said eh?
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Carpet Stair Runner
Dover Floor Covering also offers custom carpet solutions! With over 45 years of experience in the flooring industry, we can custom deisgn carpet stair runners. Whether you have a straight simple staircase or a more technical circular staircase, Dover Floor Covering can install a carpet runner.
2 Differing Styles of Stair Runners
The two most common styles of carpet stair runners are:
1. Turn and tack style. This is the most common style of carpet stair runner and the least expensive. The carpet is cut to fit at the jobsite. Depending on which type of stairwell you have will determine if each step is installed individually or installed in sets. A thin, dense pad is ideal and installed on each step first. Then the carpet in installed turning each edge under and pinned down. This will keep the carpet level with the pad. The carpet is also pinned up under each stairnose and in the area where each step starts.
2. Bound style. The carpet is cut to fit at the jobsite. A preliminary fit can be performed then the carpet is sent off to the binder. The sides of the carpet can be bound or serged depending on which style is preferred. Binding is stronger whereas serging is a little more stylish. Once this step is completed the carpet is returned to the jobsite and installed on the stairs. No turning and tacking is necessary as each side is bound or serged. Thin padding is more important than ever on this style of carpet runner. Too thick of a pad can leave the carpet up off of the step and can be seen from the side. If you choose to pin down the sides, then too thick of a pad can also give a funny appearance as the carpet runner edges will "lean" down tight onto the steps and the middle of the steps will of course be higher
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