- Child Labour
- How to Install Carpet Tiles
- Choosing Rugs
- Cycling clothing advice
- Designers Choice
- Hardwood Flooring - An Ideal Option
- How to stop squeaking in hardwood flooring
- Magical Persian rugs
- Methods of Rug Production
- Replica Handbags
- Rug Development
- The History Of Handbags
- Why do rugs creep?
- Wood Flooring - Beneficial To Health
- Wood Flooring a Natural Touch
- How to Instal Wood Flooring
- Humor: Why?
- Buying rugs
Basic instruction for laying carpet tiles
Submitted by philcotton on Sun, 10/08/2008 - 09:49.
Things You'll Need
Please Note: Manufactures actual instructions will vary:
Before Installation: Carpet tiles should only be fitted on hard floors such as concrete, ceramic, bitumen or wood, never lay on top of carpet, even very thin carpet. Ensure the floor is completely clean and dry prior to installing the tiles. It is normally recommended that your remove the carpet tiles for 24 hours prior to installing to allow the tiles to adjust to the surrounding temperature and humidity.
- Carpet tiles (enough to cover your room)
- Carpet or Stanley type knife
- Metal straight edge
- Tape measure
- Chalk line
- Spray Adhesive
Please Note: Manufactures actual instructions will vary:
Before Installation: Carpet tiles should only be fitted on hard floors such as concrete, ceramic, bitumen or wood, never lay on top of carpet, even very thin carpet. Ensure the floor is completely clean and dry prior to installing the tiles. It is normally recommended that your remove the carpet tiles for 24 hours prior to installing to allow the tiles to adjust to the surrounding temperature and humidity.Basic fitting instructions for Pre finished Solid hardwood flooring
Submitted by philcotton on Sun, 10/08/2008 - 09:43.
Never attempt to fit a solid wood floor unless you are an experienced and qualified joiner.
CONDUCT A SITE SURVEY TO DETERMINE PRACTICALITY OF INSTALLING A HARDWOOD FLOOR.
Methods of Rug production
Submitted by rugmaster on Sat, 09/08/2008 - 18:07.
Do you get confused at the different rug production methods? This article should help you understand the difference between various types of hand made and machine made rugs. Woven rugs have one thing in common a warp and a weft (the backing), the warp is the strings that run the length of the rug and the weft is the stings that the run across the width of the rug holding the rug together while providing an anchorage for the pile or rug surface.
Machine made rugs:
In Europe and America rugs are mainly produced by machine, by far the most popular method of production is on the Wilton loom. Computers control the modern Wilton looms giving the manufacturer infinite design and production planning options at greater speed. The main advantage of modern Wilton looms is they will produce rugs faster by using a face-to-face weaving method.
The Development of Modern Rugs
Submitted by rugmaster on Sat, 09/08/2008 - 17:35.
Whist the development of rugs dates back two thousand five hundred years, buying a new rug for Europeans has only remained a daunting experience since the Middle Ages. In today’s bustling market there is an endless choice of textures, styles and fibres to choose from and not forgetting the options handmade or machine made rugs. Needless to say choosing a rug can get more than a little confusing, whether to go for cheap rugs produced on machines, expensive rugs that are hand oven or something in the middle. To really appreciate what goes into a rug lets take a brief look at its origins.
Why do rugs creep and ruck on carpet or wood flooring?
Submitted by rugmaster on Sat, 09/08/2008 - 17:26.
Over the years a question that has been asked on many an occasion is, "why does my rug creep, and how can I stop it from creeping"? To answer the question we first need to establish what type of floor your rug is on, carpet or hard flooring such as hard wood flooring, stone or ceramics.
Rugs creeping on Carpet
Rugs laid on top of fitted carpets are the most common of rug creeping problems and is caused by the carpet under the rug or more specifically the pile on the carpet that the rug is seated upon. The reason for this that all carpets have a pile direction, that is to say the pile does not stand up straight, it leans in one direction.
Choosing the rug to suit your room.
Submitted by rugmaster on Sat, 09/08/2008 - 17:23.
Opinions vary as to the function of a rug; on one hand there are some use rugs simply to protect fitted carpet or wood flooring and others use rugs as a decorative centrepiece to a room. With the increase use of real wood flooring in our homes many more large rugs are now used under dining tables and beds. Whatever or wherever your rug is to go, when choosing your new rug, other than colour, there are a few basic things you should take into account theses are size, texture and design.
The Rugs Size:
