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Carpet Appearance Pitfalls in Interior Design and Decorating

The problems that can arise with carpet

Flattening

This is expected on any type of carpet in high traffic areas such as doorways around furniture under desks etc. It is just the pile flattening or the pile being repositioned. It is more noticeable in plain cut pile carpets as there is a definate difference between the top and side of the yarn tuft. To ease this problem vacuuming or wet or dry cleaning will temporary revive the pile.

Shading

This is irregular light and dark patches occurring on the carpet. It looks similar to tracking but it is not temporary. It is more obvious in plain dark colours so ensure you consider this factor on selecting a carpet, as shading isn't a manufacturing defect, as it doesn't affect the products durability.

 

Tracking

This is as it sounds, the imprints of your feet left on the carpet. It is more predominant on cut piles than loop piles and is only a temporary problem as it vanishes after vacuuming.

Carpet tracking

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