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Carpet&FlooringReview

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Happy Harrogate!

Optimism and investment on show - pages 31-33 Harrogate bounced back in style with a burst of enthusiasm Visitors were up 9% on last year for an event that has grown to over 170 exhibitors from 16 countries in 2015.

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Visit ‘Merryfield Carpet’ on YOUTUBE to see our full range of cutting machines or call 01422 373799 3

Look for the Buttery Associated Weavers Sales: 01422 431100 Email: salesuk@awe.be

You’ll be soft on iSense from the moment you meet Launched only last year, iSense from Associated Weavers has been an instant hit with customers from day one. Why? Simply because iSense is the perfect combination of softness and resilience. In fact it’s so hard wearing that we offer it with a full 20-year wear warranty. iSense is a unique yarn manufactured at our dedicated plant in Belgium. Comprising polyamide fibres, it meets today’s market trend for ultra-soft carpets. iSense is also remarkable for its bounce-back qualities. If something like

a chair leg causes an indent on the surface, the polyamide yarn should naturally spring back to its original state.

The collection comprises six fashionable ranges – Adoration, L’amour, Illusions, Seduction and Splendour, with Serenity taking pride of place as the best selling option, featuring a deep pile Saxony finish. All variants are available in 4m and 5m widths and more choices are planned for the collection as it increases in popularity.

Good looking display units

Grace your store with one of these elegant, well-made displays. A tombola for all six products, individual lecterns for all the ranges or, for a real quality statement, our doublesided furniture stand that shows three ranges on each side. Contact your area manager today for samples, stand prices and availability.

Still going strong after twenty years

That’s our commitment with iSense. Offering a full FREE 20-year wear warranty means that we are confident that an iSense carpet will not wear out – even when it’s been in constant use for twenty years. And in the unlikely event of a problem within that time we’ll replace it free of charge.

We can make this claim because our special polyamide yarn is a fantastically strong and resilient fibre.

As long as your customers treat their iSense carpet with respect and look after it, it will always maintain its original new-look appearance. Sweet dreams are made of iSense.

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Columbia

Flooring plc

The Leading Country Wide Carpet & Flooring Suppliers We can supply you with virtually any make of carpet and flooring at GUARANTEED maker’s list price.......

Delivered direct to business premises FREE OF CHARGE. For a Speedy and Efficient Service

Call US NOW!!!

020 8443 3322 sales@columbiaflooring.co.uk www.columbiaflooringplc.co.uk Opening Times: Monday - Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm Saturday 8.30am to 12 noon Tel: 0208 443 3322 Fax: 0208 805 2346 TRAFALGAR TRADING ESTATE, JEFFREYS ROAD, ENFIELD , MIDDLESEX, EN3 7TY.

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The people who care about your business NORTH WEST

SCOTLAND ALAN CAIRNIE EAST SCOTLAND

ALAN CHEETHAM GREATER MANCHESTER M: 07966 263571 acheetham@furlongflooring.com

M: 07976 311434 acairnie@furlongflooring.com

COLIN RICHFORD WEST SCOTLAND

MARK DOWSON MERSEYSIDE, WIRRAL & N. WALES M: 07980 786264 mdowson@furlongflooring.com

RICHARD COMBOY CUMBRIA, CHESHIRE & FYLDE COAST

M: 07970 163372 crichford@furlongflooring.com

WALES & SOUTH WEST

M: 07970 269730 rcomboy@furlongflooring.com TIM BAILEY S.E. WALES & HEREFORDSHIRE

M: 07794 048414 tbailey@furlongflooring.com

JASON BRIMBLE AVON & GLOUCESTERSHIRE M: 07794 041266 jbrimble@furlongflooring.com

BEN THOMAS MID & WEST WALES

M: 07794 048809 bthomas@furlongflooring.com

STEWART WAITHMAN DEVON & CORNWALL M: 07794 048413 swaithman@furlongflooring.com

Preston Sales tel: 01772 696787 fax: 01772 311921

Gloucester Sales tel: 0845 520 0800 fax: 01452 222515

London Sales tel: 01322 628707 fax: 01322 698733 enquiries@furlongflooring.co.uk 8

YORKSHIRE & NORTH EAST RAY ANDREW EAST LANCS, W.YORKS

M: 07973 719801 randrew@furlongflooring.com

DES BEST NORTH EAST, EAST COAST

M: 07968 828516 dbest@furlongflooring.com

REG SYKES SOUTH YORKSHIRE

M: 07973 403450 rsykes@furlongflooring.com

SOUTH EAST

MIDLANDS CHRIS ALLCOCK NOTTS, DERBYSHIRE & LINCS M: 07872 964685 callcock@furlongflooring.com

WESLEY GRAHAM LEICESTER, WARWICKSHIRE M: 07968 324598 wgraham@furlongflooring.com

MIKE SHUTT BIRMINGHAM/ STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE M: 07970 158594 mshutt@furlongflooring.com

LONDON

TONY CONWAY BEDS, NORTHANTS, OXON & BUCKS

JOHN AKIEN S.W LONDON, SURREY (INS. M25)

M: 07791 891025 tonyconway@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

M: 07791 891024 johnakien@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

PETER FLETCHER HAMPSHIRE, DORSET & SURREY (OUTSIDE M25) M: 07816 217561 peterfletcher@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

PAUL LOVELL NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & CAMBS M: 07816 217549 paullovell@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

IAN ROBERTSON EAST & WEST SUSSEX M: 07816 217563 ianrobertson@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

SIMON BROWN MIDDLESEX, W. LONDON, BERKSHIRE M: 07816 217550 simonbrown@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

RAYMOND SMITH ESSEX

M: 07816 217565 raymondsmith@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

DARREN SPENDIFF KENT

M: 07791 890861 darrenspendiff@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

DAREN STEDMAN N, N W & E LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE M: 07816 217548 darenstedman@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

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4 & 5 metre widths

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10 year wear & stain warranty

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FlooringFactsheets

We’ve picked up our reference pages and moved them to the back of the book

Expertise and information, data and directories pages 52-65 ADHESIVES

CARPET TYPES

CARPET COMPANIES CARPET TROUBLE-SHOOTER

WHOLESALERS WOOL FIBRE WOOLSAFE CARE

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Kingsmead Carpets Relay Park, Relay Drive Tamworth, B77 5PR. UK

Incorporating

Register to use our new B2B online ordering www.kingsmead-sales.co.uk

NEW RANGES

Tel: +44 1827 831424 Fax: +44 1827 831425 info@kingsmead-sales.co.uk www.kingsmeadcarpets.co.uk

SALES EXECUTIVES AND CONTACT DETAILS

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Clint Carver - 07970 888 916 (Northern Sales Manager) clint.carver@kingsmead-sales.co.uk

Follow us on Twitter @Kingsmeadcpts

Adrian Garner - 07947 524 633 (DE NG LE CV ST) adrian.garner@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Wendy Hutcheson - 07980 7372788 (KW IV PH PA AB DD KY FK G ML KA) wendy.hutcheson@kingsmead-sales.co.uk

NEW RANGES

Joe Bradley - 07773 046 384 (HU YO HG TS DN DH LN) joe.bradley@kingsmead-sales.co.uk

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Hamish Maclean- 07968 563 016 (DL EH CA DG SR NE TD) Hamish.maclean@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Craig Crossland - 07980 737 283 (BL M SK OL S HD HX BD LS WF) craig.crossland@kingsmeadsales.co.uk Mick Garner - 07796 993 913 (CM WD AL SG LU MK NN) mick.garner@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Peter Thomas - 07779 017 950 (LL CH CW WA L WN PR FY BB LA) peter.thomas@kingsmead-sales.co.uk

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Colin Arber - 07976 749552 (CO CB IP NR PE) colin.arber@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Ian Shopland - 07971 914 418 (Southern Sales Manager) ian.shopland@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Craig Brooks - 07971 916 719 (SY TF WS WV DY B WR) craig.brooks@kingsmead-sales.co.uk David Barton - 07977 112 095 (CT TN BN RH BR CR SM KT) david.barton@kingsmead-sales.co.uk David Guscott - 07773 048 574 (ME DA RM SS IG EN N E SE) david.guscott@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Glenn Baker - 07791 890 441 (TR PL TQ EX TA DT BA BS) glenn.baker@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Lee Card - 07538 836 273 (SA LD NP CF HR GL) lee.card@kingsmead-sales.co.uk

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Neal Ford - 07968 015 578 (HP OX SL HA UB TW W NW SW) neal.ford@kingsmead-sales.co.uk Steve Bates - 07971 968 517 (PO SO BH SP RG SN GU) steve.bates@kingsmead-sales.co.uk David Posnett - 07836 650 655 (Northern Ireland)

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Autumn’s Here!

Enjoy the season with London’s Leading Independent Flooring Distributor, check out our products, either by chatting with our knowledgeable team on 020-8531-9225 or follow the modern route via www.rackhamsltd.com!

NATURAL EFFECT

TWISTS - STAIN RESIST

GRAPHICS / CONTRACT GELS

Blenheim Berber Cashmere 4&5M Cheltenham Gold Dedham Vale Gold Fields Ivory Coast 2015 London Life 4&5M Lothian Wool Berber + Stripes 4&5M Moods Northern Lights 4 & 5m Promenade Rocca Sloane Square 4&5M Southern Chic 4&5M

Atmosphere Dalton Dublin Heather Dublin Twist 2015 Echo Twist 4&5M Fairfield Creations 2015 Fascination 4&5M Heathertwist Supreme 40 4&5M Heathertwist Elite 50 4&5M Imagination 4&5M Hoxton Heathers Paramount Twist 4&5M Peerless Twist Peerless Plain Pembridge 2013 4&5M Sensit Supreme 4&5M Salisbury Twist Sumptuous Style 4&5M Stainbeater Select Stainsafe Heritage Heathers Luxury Stainsafe Moorland Twist/Stripes Startwist Edition 30 4&5M Startwist Supreme 40 4&5M Startwist Elite 50 4&5M Super Peerless Twist X-tra Twist 4&5M

Arena Endurance Marathon

SAXONY / SHAG PILE American Trend Eastern Splendour 4&5M Granada 4&5M Grand Slam Peerless Peerless Heathers Salt n’ Pepper 2014 4&5M Saxon King 2015 Super Peerless Super Peerless Heathers Sweet Seduction 4&5M Turkish Delight 4&5M

CORD, NEEDLEPUNCH & ENTRANCE MATTING Bedford Gel Big Hit Canterbury Gel Hippo Mat Gala 2013 Gala Stripes Magnum Mat Magnus Mat Scorpio 2013 Supacord

VINYL / SMOOTH FLOORING Black Jack XL Eclipse 2012 - Part I Eclipse 2012 - Part II Luxury Comfort Luxury Life Luxury Value Southern Comfort Starlight Techno-Safe

REVOLUTIONARY LVT FLOORING FROM EARTHWERKS® & CAVALIO Conceptline Jupiter Tempo Tempo Classic (Stock) Tempo Clic Projectline (Stock)

CARPET TILES

TWISTS - WOOL Discovery 4&5M Eden Twist 40/50 4&5M Iconic Twist 40/50 4&5M Inspire Twist 40 Palace Twist 50/60 4&5M Premium Deluxe 40 4&5M Premium Elite 50 4&5M The Berber Twist Collection 40/50 4&5M Ultimate Textures 4&5M Ultimate Berber Twist 4&5M Ultimate Twist 40/50 4&5M Ultimate Luxury 4&5M

Bedford Cord Canterbury Capital City Capital Plus Heuga 727

2015 Price Guide No 2 now available

We also stock a complete selection of underlays, accessories and entrance matting.

We offer a Special Order Service on products from virtually every flooring manufacturer in existence! Express delivery service on Balterio and Krono laminate ranges.

‘Soft, hard, tough, gentle, strong colours, pastels, deep, shallow, luxurious, simple, workmanlike’ ...there are simply not enough words to describe our varied range of synthetic twist & saxony pile carpets. We’ve got the whole thing tied down! With over twenty five ranges of this style of carpet in stock in our London headquarters we have the products, the stock and the service to enable you to clean up in the marketplace!

Call our sales team now for more details, samples or simply to place an order!’

Area Sales Executives Michael Younger London North 07881-502506

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Peter Lawrence London SW Postals, Surrey (West of A24), Beds, Berks, Bucks, Herts (West of A1) 07881-502508

Paul Henson Essex (Outside M25) Cambs, Suffolk, Herts (East of A1) 07837-295379

Phil Wheeler London SE Postals, Kent, Surrey (East of A24) & Sussex 07881-502507

Anthony Stapleton Sales Director 07881-502505 / 020-8498-2845

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Solent Wholesale Carpet Company Ltd CARPET, FLOORCOVERING & ACCESSORY WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Telephone: 01243 774623 Fax: 01243 533636 E-mail: sales@solentwholesale.co.uk Website: www.solentwholesale.com Zola Park, Barnfield Drive, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6UX.

CHECK STOCK, PLACE ORDERS AND MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT 24/7 ALL THROUGH OUR WEBSITE

Oxford, Berks, Bucks, Beds, Hants, Middlesex & Herts. . . . . Ian Cardrick, i.cardrick@solentwholesale.co.uk, Sussex E & W, Surrey, South London & Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . John Robson, j.robson@solentwholesale.co.uk, Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucs, & I.O.W. . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Ayling, a.ayling@solentwholesale.co.uk, Accessary Sales and IT Specialist (All Areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Crooks, luke@solentwholesale.co.uk, VICTORIA Atlas Aura Colonial EasiCare Morton EasiCare Heartland First Impressions Options 288 Royal Victoria Strathmore Collection Victoria Twist LANO & BAJONG Campus X-treme Forum Heather Twist Elite Heather Twist Supreme Jazz Pembridge Twist Portman Star Twist Collection 30/40/50 BALTA Atlas Big Hit Lothian Wool Berber Luxury Heritage Heather Highland Tweed Gala Cord - all options in stock Melrose Moorland Twist More Noble Noble Heathers Paramount Riva Twist Saxon King Sensit Saxony Shepherd Twist Stainsafe Fantasy Techno - limited LUSOTUFO Celtic Horizon Mandaly Safi Sahara Sintra Boucle Superb Twist Tangier Titan & Tital Diagonal Twist Berber Unique Valencia Venus Saxony Wool Dream Wool Heaven DOMO Playground Scorpio

CORMAR Apollo Apollo Plus Home Counties Heathers Home Counties Plains Living Naturals Malabar Oaklands 32 Oaklands 42 Oaklands 50 Natural Berber Twist Primo Choice Super/Elite Primo Excellence Primo Plus Sensation Sensation Feeling Sensation Heathers Sensation Twist BROCKWAY Avanti Cavendish Collection Cresta 40/Cresta 50 Dimensions Jubilee Collection Orion/Orion Major IVC Atlas - New colours Classic Limestone Comfylux Extra Comfytex Expressions Fusion Isafe Apex Isafe One Isafe First Master Grip Planet Presto Rooms Supercomforts Tile Styles Titanium Ultimate Design Ultimate Oak Ultimate Minerals Ultimate Timber Victoria Woodmark MOHAWK CARPETS Century Collection - Century - Half Century Freedom Gel Limited Presidential Collection - Independence - Freedom (4&5M) - Splendour - Super Freedom (4&5M)

mobile: 07973 406329 mobile: 07973 898453 mobile: 07973 406799 mobile: 07966 664379

IDEAL carpets Ascot/Aintree Country Heather Supreme Dublin Dublin Heathers Endurance Grass Collection Mars Motor Car Pronto vinyls Athena Celtic Stone - New Colours Comfort Grip Flexifloor Hermes Jazz Magnum Orion Sherwood Oak Studio entrance matting Alicante Heavy Tread Orotex - Ceylon Orotex - Magnum Orotex - Matrix MISCELLANEOUS BEST WOOL CARPETS Globe CAVALIER Celebrations Country Collection Hamlet Parish and Village CLASSIS CARPETS Toros Exclusive LEIGH SPINNERS Atlas Velour MILLENNIUM WEAVERS Desire THOMAS WITTER Innovations 50oz & 60oz PARAGON Toccarre Carpet Tiles

We carry other products not listed above, and can also provide a swift special order service on non stock lines.

Our reps and sales office would be pleased to answer all enquiries. Our last Price List is dated September/October 2015.

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BUZZING! At the time of writing everyone has just come back from a buzzing show at Harrogate.

“How good it was to see that the show was once again exciting; with a tremendous reception to our Diversity and the new Liberty and a great attendance by retailers from all over the country,” says Phil Hartley, Managing Director Edel Telenzo Carpets.

Edel Telenzo wowed the crowd with a brand new stand, with life-size images, all available POS-material and a beautiful display of Diversity on the floor and its sister-product Liberty on a staircase. Hartley says: “We are delighted with the positive reactions we received on our stand. The new lay-out with the seating areas worked very well and the display of all POS-materials ensured that we sold dozens. Especially the new displays were a hit!”

Harrogate – as always – marks the start of the busiest season of the year and as last year, things seem to be looking up: “It was great to sense optimism amongst the visiting retailers from what we all hope to be great final season of the year,” concludes Hartley.

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News

Innovation

Thomas Witter Carpets is one of the founder Members of WCFG and is delighted to announce an upsurge in Wool Ranges this year...

It’s cool to buy wool!

Welcome to the World of Thomas Witter Carpets

Ask your Thomas Witter Sales Manager about our award winning 100% Wool loop plains and stripes.

Urban Collection along with Decadence are at the cutting edge of contemporary design.

Stripes in 1m Widths for Stairs...

Thomas Witter UK Sales Force Head Office: View Logistics Park View Road East Hartlepool TS25 1HT

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Carpet&FlooringReview Living is easy

Enjoying the ease of living afforded by 100% Easy Clean fibre, Greystoke from Crown Floors, creates a delightfully relaxed feel in any interior, a luxurious cutpile carpet with broad appeal.

In 12 two-tone heather colourways that includes a full complement of now ubiquitous grey, this new introduction bolsters the Crown Floors collection with a carpet that will look great next to any interior style, a true all-rounder that delivers comfort and long-term performance too.

With an exquisite 1/10th gauge twist pile, Greystoke’s fine pinpoint finish is a cut above many two-tone ‘salt and pepper’ styles and is made from a resilient two-ply yarn that also adds extra softness. Greystoke continues the nation’s love affair for bleach cleanable carpets: “As part of our expansive 2015 introductions, Greystoke has been tuned to deliver upon the expectations of consumers who now see Easy Care styles as the de facto choice for their home,” explains James Caldwell, sales coordinator for Crown Floors. “The simple maintenance and promise of stain-free performance are draw enough for many, while the benefits of a two-ply yarn, sumptuous quality and a colourbank developed in response to the hottest home looks are just more compelling reasons to choose Greystoke.”

Available in four and five-metre widths, Greystoke comes in a 1,380g/m2 pile weight for excellent levels of underfoot comfort and durability that sees it bestowed with a long 10-year wear warranty. Of course, as with all Crown Floors Easy Care carpets the style benefits from a stain warranty, in this case 15-years, and is rated suitable for Heavy Domestic applications.

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Shifting Santino

Satino is luxury captured in beautiful carpet, the latest in incredibly soft fibre innovation from Balta.

Using specially developed polyamide yarns with a high number of superfine filaments, Satino makes a carpet that’s not only invitingly soft, but one that has a delightful of-themoment silk-like sheen, a truly indulgent and sumptuously comfortable carpet for modern life. Playing with the light through constantly shifting tones, the look is an exclusive one with appeal to those seeking luxurious finishes. Thanks to the durability and resilience of polyamide, Satino carpets also promise longevity alongside their beauty, the perfect recipe for success.

Balta will launch this latest innovation with two developed for the UK collections in Satino Royale and Satino Romantica. With a refined colour palette in-tune with the style demands of UK homeowners, these new resilient ranges bring a high fashion look without the high fashion price tag.

In 12 colours and in a 2,500g/m2 weight, Satino Royale brings a 5/32nd cutpile saxony, while sister product Satino Romantica also brings 12 colours, this time in a 1,650g/m2 1/10th cutpile saxony. Both carpets are available in four and five-metre widths on Twinback insulating backing. This innovation makes Satino carpets easier to install, even more comfortable and can help to save on domestic energy use.

“There is no doubt that homeowners in the UK are really embracing super soft styles and this trend is one that looks set to be big news over the next couple of years,” says Geert Vanden Bossche, marketing director, Balta Group. “With the introduction of Satino we are giving retailers the option to make the most of the trend with a range that offers incredible softness, the right look and good longevity with a price tag that leaves others a distant second.”

The Satino collection will be launched to retailers at Balta’s now annual roadshow, taking place this October.

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Modern Mosaiq

A company founded upon tradition and heritage, Belgian luxury rug producer Louis de Poortere has dipped its toes in contemporary waters with the introduction of latest collection, Mosaiq.

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Building on the good work carried out with the release of sister collection, Mad Men, Mosaiq uses texture and vibrancy to differentiate from an impressive Louis de Poortere product stable. Designs combining delicate flower motives and geometric tribal elements have been condensed into an intricate mosaic pattern, meaning Louis de Poortere is showing signs of its traditional roots despite finding an altogether more modern realm.

Louis de Poortere is famed for its classic, vintage looks, but the choice of colour tones and different levels of texture promote the contemporary vibe this latest collection is looking to achieve. Coming in eight sizes for optimum versatility, and five vivacious hues from the statement Red Max and Blue Jeans to the understated Beige and Grey Shades, a Mosaiq rug makes for a stylish choice whatever the environment.

Aesthetics, however, are far from the only string to the Mosaiq bow.

These stunning rugs are woven on Wilton looms from 100% cotton chenille, this finest of raw materials worked together and finished by hand in typical de Poortere fashion, ensuring an underfoot investment that is set to stand the test of time even in high traffic areas of the home.

The result of an extended research and development phase, Louis de Poortere’s Mosaiq rug collection acts as a high quality, design-led introduction to an already versatile range of products. With its farreaching appeal and impressive price points, premium rug design was never so accessible.

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Touchdown of Genius

Genius is the latest style to be crafted from 100% Eccelena yarn, Lano’s answer to beautifully soft and exceptionally strong carpet.

Joining the Touchdown collection, Genius celebrates the trend for contemporary luxurious finishes in the home.

In a suite of on-trend greys and sophisticated taupes, super-soft Genius has a silk-like look enhanced by a fine 1/10th gauge construction and two-ply yarn for better recovery and resilience.

In a versatile 900g/m2 quality and felt-back finish that sees all-round usability throughout the home, the style brings the popularity of super-soft carpets to a wider audience: “There is no doubt that the silk-like look and soft touch carpet is hot right now and Genius helps to bring it to a new audience with an excellent value construction and all the softness of Eccelena fibre,” comments Birger Karlsson, sales director UK and Ireland.

Thanks to the yarn’s advanced engineering, Genius is stain-resistant and comes with 10-year stain resistance and seven-year wear warranties. The style joins Fascination and Imagination, also crafted from 100% Eccelena, in the Touch Down collection now available on a dedicated point of sale unit.

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A gentler way to enjoy stronger carpet.

With incredible benefits SmartStrand Silk is a better way to enjoy beautiful, soft and strong carpet.

Not just kind to feet and hands, but kinder to the planet too with bio-derived content that reduces reliance on non-renewable resources. Equipped the resistance of the best stain protected carpets, with a plushness expected of luxury finishes in the home and with the strength and resilience for a lasting carpet in the busiest of family homes, SmartStrand Silk really is a gentler and better way to enjoy carpet.

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The Flooring Show saw the launch of Lano’s brand new concept in high-end residential carpet, A Taste of Luxury, bringing couture style to flooring retailers throughout the country.

Launching with two brand new point of sale units showcasing SmartStrand and SmartStrand Silk qualities, A Taste of Luxury redefines the manufacturer’s premium offering and is set to be expanded with wool, bamboo and high-end polyamide carpets for 2016.

The supreme softness, longevity and stain resistance of SmartStrand and SmartStrand Silk carpets make a starring appearance in The Taste of Luxury collection, featuring a 25-year warranty for both wear and stain-resistance.

“Thanks to excellent longevity and inherent stain-resistance, SmartStrand and SmartStrand Silk carpets are some of the best performing carpets available today. It is only natural that we bestow them with a long universal warranty, giving homeowners complete confidence in choosing carpets made with SmartStrand,” says Birger Karlsson, sales director, UK & Benelux.

Including SmartStrand styles Velvet Dream, Freedom and Super Freedom; SmartStrand Silk in Gentle Bliss and Bella Donna, The Taste of Luxury collection makes the most of the fibre’s unique blend of softness, longevity, resilience and cleanability, all while benefitting from a great environmental story.

SmartStrand and SmartStrand Silk styles in The Taste of Luxury collection will be presented on two exclusive point of sale concepts.

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Himalaya peaks with wool

With the foundation of the Wool Carpet Focus Group and October’s now well-established Wool Week, industry interest in the natural and sustainable fibre is at a high and it has certainly caused retailers to re-focus attention on their wool offering.

F&X Carpets, through its Himalaya brand of pure wool, wool-rich and wool-blend carpets, is offering retailers an energetic collection of styles that it hopes will ensure wool’s positive performance messages are reinforced to homeowners across the UK. “With our Himalaya brand, which is fully supporting the efforts of the Wool Carpet Focus Group, we aim to boost sales of the natural fibre by producing stylish carpet that’s also great value and with a youthful and spirited brand that will appeal to all ages,” explains Gordon Hugo, F&X Carpets. “Wool’s ‘bouncebackability’, its easy to maintain nature and enduring resilience make it a natural choice and one we are keen to promote to homeowners seeking a blend of quality and value.”

Including an assortment of twist, loop and multi-level loop piles, coordinated stripes and in a range of natural colours that relate to the latest interior trends, the Himalaya collection features valueorientated blends that help to make selected styles some of the most competitive wool carpets currently available.

“Himalaya delivers great style and the natural, sustainable qualities of the fibre will always be strong reasons to consider it. With clear messages about just what makes it great, we are really excited about wool’s new outlook and being a part of its success story,” concludes Gordon.

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BUSINESS NEWS Acquisitive ambitions drive Victoria’s growth

Victoria’s progress in building one of the flooring industry’s leading product portfolios has been boosted with the acquisition of Interfloor – the major underlay manufacturer behind the Tredaire and Duralay brands.

The acquisition of Interfloor’s underlay is a great fit for Victoria which has already added top carpet companies including Abingdon, Westex, Whitestone Weavers, Thomas Witter, Hugh Mackay, and Gaskell Mackay over the last year or so. Victoria Plc will pay £65 million for the Interfloor business which had sales of £72 million in the year to May 2015 with a profit before tax of £10 million.

Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman of Victoria, told The Stocklists: “Interfloor is highly complimentary to what we already have in the flooring portfolio so I feel very confident that we have secured the right deal. We are delighted with it.”

The industry is starting to ask ‘who next’ in regard to Victoria’s acqusiitive ambitions. “As a PLC I’m not allowed to forecast what comes next but we believe there is quite a bit of growth still to come,” says Geoff. “I can’t give you a number – we are not aiming to reach a certain level or size – but we are looking to build a great portfolio and create more growth.

“The portfolio is looking very strong already – this is Victoria ‘flooring’ now rather than Victoria ‘carpets’, he added. Resilient flooring is one area where the Group is under represented though both Interfloor and Abingdon came with sub-divisions in that sector.

“We believe there is quite a bit of growth still to come. I can’t give you a number – we are not aiming to reach a certain level or size – but we are looking to build a great portfolio and create more growth.”

Commenting on Victoria’s approach of allowing their acquisitions to retain their individuality, he said: “The companies we have acquired are all good businesses with strong management teams and each is very successful in its own right. We want to preserve that independent approach and are working on the theory that if it ain’t broke you don’t need to fix it. The results will speak for themselves. We have a growing team of quality people in the flooring industry and I have to say I am really enjoying working with them. That’s not PR-speak, I really mean that – we are building a great team.” Commenting on market conditions more generally, Geoff added: “We have had a pretty positive year and I am feeling confident about the future, a view shared by many in the industry I think.”

Victoria also announced a share placing to raise £44.5 million to help finance the acquisition. Investors like what they see in Victoria’s ambitious growth strategy with shares adding 12% on the Interfloor news and substantially outperforming the market generally this year.

Headlam ahead with confident performance

Europe’s leading floorcoverings distributor Headlam Group plc has reported a strong performance in its half-year results to 30 June 2015 with sales up 4% and profits up 15% amid growing confidence.

Tony Brewer, Chief Executive, said: “The first half results underline the growing momentum in the UK market and particularly in our business. The group’s UK residential business has performed well and the slightly stronger like-for-like growth across our commercial activities points towards improving confidence in the wider business community.

“The positive trading outcome for the first half has continued during the first eight weeks of the second half. Subject to the important final quarter of the year, the group expects to announce results for the full year slightly ahead of the Board’s internal expectations.”

Revenue was up 4.0% to £313.5 million with operating profit up 14.9% to £13.0 million, from £11.3 million in the first half of 2014.

The company said further gains were achieved in UK market share with like-for-like revenues increasing by 5.4%, exceeding the forecast market growth of 3.4%, and the number of UK businesses increased to 56 with the acquisition of Matty’s Wholesale Carpets in 2015.

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Perfect performers and famous for bringing pure luxury, warmth and comfort to the home, Tredaire underlays are designed to keep carpets looking good and feeling fabulous for longer.

The Tredaire range features outstanding levels of comfort and performance so every carpet gives that ‘on air’ feeling. That’s why Tredaire is the UK’s biggest selling underlay brand - the market leader!

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Flower on Flooring

by Dennis Flower

Overwhelmed by underlay choices There is now an underlay to suit all requirements of the end user, including type of flooring, cost bracket, environmental expectations and even including acoustic benefits, following expansion in the wide range of product available.

The Stocklists magazine thought it would be interesting for readers to hear which of these are regarded as the top sellers by suppliers and received an appropriate wide-ranging response from the industry's leading manufacturers and distributors.

Kährs states that Special Underlay and Tuplex are two of its best selling products, which can be used alongside all wood flooring products.

Special Underlay is a 2mm, three-layer high density/soft construction product with an integral moisture barrier. It reduces impact, air and drum sound by up to 25%, and features integrated tape strips.

Slightly thicker Kährs Tuplex – a 3mm crush-proof underlay – is formed from two layers of solid polyethylene, between which flexible polystyrene granules are sandwiched. It seals out moisture and features Airflow technology, which inhibits mould growth, making it ideal for use with underfloor heating. Like Special Underlay, it also reduces impact and drum sound.

Kährs UK and Ireland country manager Harvey Booth says:“Special Underlay measures 1,000mm in width and is available in 10m² and 30m² rolls. Tuplex is 1,100mm wide and is available in 33m² rolls - plus a popular 16.5 m² consumer box.”

floorwise Traffic Underlay

“Our industry generates resilient textile waste with an exciting second life application as an underlay.”

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Incorporating recycled PE foam, felt, blown rubber and rubber crumb underlay, floorwise has one of the broadest underlay collections currently available, it says, and states this provides several advantages and makes it one of the best underlay suppliers operating in the UK today: “Here at floorwise it is our goal to develop high-quality, high-value products across different underlay types, from recycled polyurethane foam through to felt, rubber crumb and blown rubber,” says managing director Richard Bailey.

“We always aim to ensure highly competitive products and produce underlays to our own unique specification so that we can deliver exactly this. Whether the latest in lightweight PE foam with underlays such as spirit, lush and lift or traditional felt products in duet and duet supreme, floorwise underlays are always among the best performing and best value products available today.”

Anglo Recycling says its Regeneration is a new concept that turns carpet waste into quality underlay, helping the planet by avoiding landfill and saving money.

“Our industry generates resilient textile waste with an exciting second life application as an underlay,” says Anglo’s Andy Hall, “yet we have been slow to grasp the opportunities managing our waste more effectively can present.

“Anglo have developed a remarkable regeneration process which utilises manufacturing trims, fitting waste, remnants, pattern books and progressively post use-uplifts to manufacture resilient fibre based underlays from materials that have a high disposal cost.

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“In recycling circles, our process is called a 'closed loop’,” Mr Hall continues. “You send us your waste - we send you back underlay. Now, a cost burden becomes a profit generator. Fibre based underlays command similar retail price levels and are becoming increasingly popular,” said Andy.

QA Flooring Solutions reports its SkyWalk luxury carpet underlays have always been firm favourites in its range of the home’s “hidden heroes.”

Made from high density PU foam, these are designed to provide deep, comfortable feeling underfoot and classified to BS5808 Luxury Use, performing well under pressure with an ability to spring back from compression much longer than many other underlays to help keep the carpet looking “just fitted” for much longer, says the company.

For extra stability, SkyWalk underlays have a strong mesh backing to add stability and stop them from moving or stretching under the carpet. Manufactured in the UK to strict quality standards, QA states that this includes its “no-quibble, customer-friendly warranty” for added peace of mind.

One of the more recent developments is the announcement that underlay and accessories manufacturer Interfloor Group has been purchased by Victoria, with chairman Geoff Wilding describing the move as providing “an excellent addition to the group” to complement the Tredaire and Duralay brands.

“This is another high quality acquisition for Victoria PLC,” says Mr Wilding. Interfloor chief executive officer John Cooper says: “This is an exciting development and we welcome the opportunity of continuing to deliver strong, long term growth by being part of the enlarged group.”

For more information: Anglo Recycling floorwise Kährs (UK) Ltd QA Flooring Solutions Victoria

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Harrogate

Happy Harrogate!

Optimism and investment on show Happy Harrogate bounced back in style with a burst of enthusiasm prompted by better business and a mood of genuine confidence across the trade.

Visitors were up 9% on last year at around 3,000 for an event that has grown to over 170 exhibitors from 16 countries in 2015.

Steve Depport at buying group Metro said: “The show has been excellent – it is definitely going back up to where we all want it to be. We have seen a more confident attitude among retailers who generally feel more able to get the prices they want with consumers.

“The buzz is back at Harrogate for sure.

There is a lot more optimism among retailers”

Neil Valentine at Furlong agreed: “The buzz is back at Harrogate for sure. There is a lot more optimism among retailers and a lot more interest in getting on and seeing what they can do next to grow their business.

Tony Brewer of the Headlam Group told us: “Things are going well. The industry is optimistic.” David Cormack at Cormar Carpets said: “My impression is that retailers are doing well and some are doing very well – in fact I’m pleased to say it is increasingly uncommon to come across anyone who is finding it tough in this market now.”

This positive sentiment belies a slow summer reported by many manufacturers but while cheerful talk is cheap, manufacturers and retailers have been putting their money where their mouth is. Harrogate is a barometer of business confidence and this year it was noticeable that manufacturers are investing in more new products than re-vamps of the olds – and retailers were reported to be more enthusiastic to buy the latest point-of-sale offers.

The Flooring Show itself looks more prosperous with the organisers creating a well dressed event with an increasing portfolio of quality features including workshops, seminars and demonstrations that were well supported.

“The organisers have done an excellent job in delivering a first class event – full of interest and appeal.”

“The organisers have done an excellent job in delivering a first class event – full of interest and appeal to lots of different groups, “ said David Cormack. “It’s like the old days – only better!” said Phil Hartley at Edel Telenzo.

Show director Wendy Adams commented: “We’re very pleased that the show has gone so well with visitor numbers up and it’s great to see such a positive mood across the trade. Everybody appears to be doing a lot more business than last year.

“Exhibitors have made a real effort with their stands and I’m pleased to say that not only is the re-booking rate for next year very high, we have also had many requests for more space.”

Wool was greatly in evidence this year and the Wool Trends showcase from British Wool, which has played such a key role in the rejuvenation of The Flooring Show last year, was further extended with superb roomsets and the support of all the top manufacturers.

The new Wool Carpet Focus Group added to the occasion with their campaign “It’s cool to buy wool” featuring abundant sheep wearing shades - not to mention the wool volcano.

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Show Director Wendy Adams

“It’s great to see such a positive mood across the trade. Everybody appears to be doing a lot more business.”

See our review next month for full details of the trends, launches and innovations that made The Flooring Show 2015 so special, but we’ve given some snapshots of the occasion across the next two pages this month…

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HarrogateReview 2015 Trade exhibitors rose to the occasion with high quality stands

More visitors, more exhibitor stands and more investment as the trade sees the start of some improvement in business prospects

The Trends Hub helped retailers see what the future had in their store

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Live events meant there was always something happening.

Originality and innovation created unusual highlights

Wool was at the centre of the show in Hall C

The quirky campaign of “it’s cool to buy wool” ensured there was fun at The Flooring Show

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A thought provoking look at trends, issues and happenings in the industry with a subtle wool twist of course!

As the year marches on at a rapid pace, October offers retailers the beginning of what is deemed the annual seasonal change upon which flows the UK’s national desire to ‘cosy up’ as the nights close in.

Celebrating Wool Week

As the year marches on at a rapid pace, October offers retailers the beginning of what is deemed the annual seasonal change upon which flows the UK’s national desire to ‘cosy up’ as the nights close in.

Wool Week - 5th - 11th October - is perfectly timed in that respect and aims to highlight the many advantages of real wool at the exact point when people think of carpets, curtains and winter woolies! It is a retail ruse to hang the hat of wool upon and it is surrounded by the many activities of the Campaign for Wool and the British Wool Marketing Board

This year sheep will return to central London with a quirky day out in Savile Row, where turf will be laid and not one but two wool sheds will show the way wool is taken through the processes.

Two flocks of sheep will graze amidst the smart tailors and no doubt be nonplussed by the way city dwellers seem to stare at them so much!

Not far away in a small mews house, the world of carpet will be displayed along with interiors items in a house that may once have accommodated a family, This neat place will showcase the way wool can transform boring blank rooms and make them beautiful, soften the noise, add comfort and colour and generally make it somewhere you want to be. This house is open to the public from the 5th to the 11th and is called ‘Capsu-Wool’ at 4 Clifford Street, London. Capsu-Wool is a small, stylish space where wool triumphs over the lack of square footage and shows the wonder of the fibre yet again!

Talks on wool are at the heart of a partnership between British Wool and Country Homes & Interiors magazine. You will see a panel of people from wool and interiors present a hearty discussion during Wool Week - about British Wool and Modern Country Style. Think crunchy loop pile and heather tones!

Last but not least - please do not forget Woolly Hat Day on Friday 9th October - where we are joining with the Mission to Seafarers to raise money for this great woolly cause. There are woolly hat knitting patterns at campaignforwool.org if you like knitting or crafting or you can just wear a woolly hat for fun. Seafarers have a long association with wool, wearing wooly jumpers and hats to protect them in bitter cold, wet weather. Put a hat on for Woolly Hat Day and send a thank-you to our seafarers who are out there in all conditions by texting Wool11 (£3, £5, £10) to 70070.

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Best of British Wool Carpets

This month we are dipping out of our usual carpet nominations to praise stand creativity at The Flooring Show in Harrogate.

Certainly there was a lot of smart, well thought out stands on display at this great event but we felt praise was due to two stands in particular.

Adam Carpets took a brave and refreshing break from tradition and focused on the very stylish characters of ‘Hugo and Ella’ and the way colours and textures and style is selected by the younger generation. The mood boards they showcased were very on trend and we have to give them full plaudits for a really modern approach to marketing their carpets.

Over at Brintons - we saw the amazing high definition weave in all its glory - wow! It has true photographic quality but in wool amazing. The simplicity of using just two carpets - a beautiful wall carpet and a dramatic floor carpet spelt a bold message for Brintons and one with amazing visual impact.

and why we like it...

What’s new and different? Sometimes very little but the important thing is finding a way to show your carpets differently.

Both Adam and Brintons took a step away from the norm but both in a different way. Adam Carpets really involved themselves in the story of two fictional future consumers and it was really interesting and engaging. Brintons let the picture do the talking and in that simple move, created a real talking point. We think both did an excellent job and showed how creative thinking can make a big impact - full marks!

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SAFE

PRACTICAL Strong and Resilient – Wool carpet will provide superior performance over many years as it can offer unique resilience and long lasting durability. The natural crimp of wool offers valuable ‘bounce-back’ so that pile compression is resisted and the effects of tracking and shading are reduced – maintaining good appearance over many years.

Easy care – Wool is a natural fibre that has an inbuilt resistance to soiling due to its natural oils and its outer surface of microscopic scales and as a result additional anti-soil treatments are not necessary. Simply vacuuming the carpet will keep it looking good and whilst wool initially repels spills, prompt and complete blotting with white paper towels or an absorbent cloth is advised and will address many household spillages.

COMFORT Soft and Warm – Wool carpet adds luxurious underfoot comfort and warmth to the home and acts as an insulator improving heat retention and energy efficiency.

Peace and Quiet – Wool carpet absorbs sound and cushions the home against echo and room to room noise transfer.

DURABLE

SAFETY Fire Retardant – Wool is naturally fire resistant, has a slow ignition rate and tests show that it is self extinguishing within seconds. It meets many safety regulations without additional treatments and is favoured in contract locations for this reason.

Fall Friendly – Carpet cushions and so provides a softer floor which protects against serious injury in falls by the very young or the elderly.

INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Indoor Environment – As a natural ‘smart’ fibre with a complex physical and chemical structure, wool helps to create a balanced atmosphere in the home. It breathes and absorbs humidity in the air, releasing it when the atmosphere becomes dry and helps improve air quality by absorbing airborne toxins in indoor air.

Anti–allergy – The minute scales on the fibre’s surface will hold fine dust until vacuumed which helps to reduce floating particulate in the atmosphere. Wool does not give off harmful emissions or promote the growth of bacteria and wool is not a food source for dust mites.

EASY-CARE

ECO/ENVIRONMENTAL Natural and Sustainable – Grown on sheep, which graze freely, wool is both 100% natural and fully sustainable. As shearing is a necessary part of animal husbandry this means that every year there is a fresh supply of wool available for the carpet manufacturing industry.

Energy Efficient – Wool is energy efficient in the home and also in carpet production.

Biodegradable – Wool fibre is biodegradable in soil and will produce nitrogen, sulphur, carbon dioxide and water which are all plant nutrients.

Environmentally Assessed – Wool is an environmentally responsible fibre that has been measured in terms of its ecological impact. A Life Cycle Analysis study carried out by Leeds University to ISO 14040 standard for British Wool concludes that it compares favourably when measured against man-made fibres.

THE BEST CARPET WOOL

COMFORT

Wool carpets have a historic reputation for quality because as a fibre it is known to withstand pressure and have excellent appearance retention properties. The best wool for carpet production is ‘strong’ wool and this is grown on sheep breeds found in Britain and New Zealand. Most carpets will contain both British Wool and New Zealand Wool because British Wool is more bulky and resilient and offers texture and unique heathery shades to carpet, whilst New Zealand wool is softer and whiter and particularly good for plain, lighter shaded ranges. Combining the two within a blend for carpet yarn gives manufacturers the perfect qualities for carpet.

100% wool or 80/20 – 80/10/10 wool rich Wool has yet to be matched by any man-made fibre; it has superior strength and does not need other fibres to improve its performance. However manufacturers choose to use synthetic fibres within the yarn blend for a number of reasons. These include fibre flexibility, dyeing, heat setting, stain resistance, durability and cost. These wool rich compositions offer industry standard carpets which will perform well in the home.

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Wool Week - October 5-11 For a week in October, retailers and leading interiors and fashion brands will unite for Wool Week UK with a week of activities across the country.

One of the largest public events for Wool Week 2015 will take place on Savile Row – the centre of men’s luxury tailoring in London – on Monday 5th October. As sheep graze, visitors will be welcomed to the open Row and tailoring houses event to learn how wool is used by the great British tailoring industry.

The iconic street will be transformed into a green pasture, covered in turf and closed to traffic while Bowmont Merino and Exmoor sheep graze along the Row. A ‘live’ model presentation that brings together leading wool mills, Savile Row, West End and London City bespoke tailors will showcase over 25 bespoke menswear outfits and demonstrate the versatility that can be found in wool.

The launch of a wool documentary, captured over the last 12 months to convey the natural attributes and benefits of wool. The film, which will be released through various channels and networks from October, highlights the safety of wool with its natural fire retardancy, wool’s biodegradability and how it degrades and returns to the soil in a matter of months a fact demonstrated by the ‘burial’ of two garments by HRH The Prince of Wales in the garden of Clarence House.

Wool Week will also see the launch of a pop-up exhibition in central London called ‘Raise the Baa’ which will feature stunning imagery from landscape photographer Ian Lawson and The Campaign for Wool’s inspirational interpretation of these into highly styled interior photography.

This exhibition, which pays tribute to 2015 being the Year of the Sheep, conveys the vital roles sheep and landscape play in the wool textile industry.

The exhibition will also feature a selection of the products used in the interior image photographic shoot and craft workshops.

On Friday 9th October, The Campaign for Wool will be supporting ‘Woolly Hat Day’ in support of ‘The Mission to Seafarers’ charity that provides care for seafarers around the world. Across the UK, The Campaign for Wool will encourage its partners and retailers to put on their finest woolly hats to raise money and support this important cause.

British Wool promotion at The Flooring Show

Ashworth Heathers 50oz – Otter by Manx

Pennine Heathers from Cavalier

Made from 80% wool, Ashworth Heathers is a premium quality 2 ply carpet , produced in 50oz weight , making this an ideal carpet for high traffic areas. Ashworth Heathers offers 15 natural heather hues . This range is available in both 4&5m widths and comes with the added confidence of the Wow warranty. Designed to complement any interior décor scheme.

Pennine Heathers has the ‘homespun look’ of natural heather blend yarns made with a high stitch rate and lower pile height to create an inexpensive carpet but with a ‘proper’ carpet feel.

T 01827 831434 www.manxcarpets.co.uk

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Tufted in 80% British Wool, 20% Polypropylene to a heavy domestic, 50oz specification, Pennine Heather is available in 4m & 5m widths.

T 01254 268 000 www.cavaliercarpets.co.uk

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Pure Brit from Adam Carpets

Lothian Wool Berber from Balta

Pure Brit lives up to its name in that it’s made from undyed British wool in 10 natural shades in a construction with 10% polyester and 10% polyproylene - a fashionable choice with younger consumers.

This carpet is available in eight natural Berber colour ways and four coordinating stripes that have a 2.5cm repeat ideal for use on stairs and in hallways and landings. In four and five-metre widths, the Berber styles also help to minimise seams and waste in a variety of room sizes.

Everything involved in its manufacture is British sourced and it’s made in the UK. Pure Brit is available in 4m & 5m widths.

T +32 56 62 22 11 www.baltabroadloom.com

T 01562 829966 www.adamcarpets.co.uk

Quirky B from Alternative Flooring

Braeburn from Ulster Carpets

Alternative Flooring is delighted to announce Ben Pentreath as its new collaborator, adding more vibrant pattern to the distinguished Quirky B wool carpet collection.

The smart geometric designs Cube,Tetra and Lattice are available in twelve colourways named after Georgian architects. This award-winning range also includes designs by Ashley Hicks and Margo Selby showcasing the best of British design.The carpet is woven on traditional axminster looms in the UK and offered in 3.66m widths.

Think British coastlines, wild hedgerows, and vast moorland and you will conjure up the rich tapestry of colours which have inspired Ulster's Braeburn range.

The traditional plaid design has been given a contemporary yet timeless feel with the use of plum purples, petrol blues, mossy greens and shimmering greys, brought to life by accented pastel shades. The five beautiful colourways are sure to become instant style classics as they combine the elegance and integrity of the plaid pattern with the freshness of these fashionable hues.

T 01264 335111 www.alternativeflooring.com

T 028 38334433 www.ulstercarpets.com

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Liberty by EdelTelenzo

Artwork by Kingsmead Carpets

Meet Liberty! Liberty is a striped loop pile in 400 cm width with a unique construction, giving it a woven look. The three available colour ways are different and exciting. Using only the best 100% 3-ply wool, this quality product will make any family home staircase or hotel hallway a joy to look at. Looking for that stunning combination? Diversity is a two-tone loop pile in the same construction and coordinating colours; perfect to combine with Liberty!

Artwork Special Edition exudes character helping the consumer to make a feature of their floor.The natural ability of the wool fibre to bounceback after indentation along with the ecological sustainability combine with some stunning colours in both plain and stripes to make this one of our most popular ranges. Check out our new website on www.kingsmeadcarpets.co.uk for further information.

T 01422 374 417 or 371 226 www.edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk

T 01827 831 424

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Natural Plaid collection by Axminster

Jaudon from Lano

There is nothing quite as cosy or welcoming as a touch of plaid.

Axminster Carpets Natural Plaid collection combines the most luxurious British wool and Axminster weave to create a stylish base to any interior. Currently available in three colourways this luxury carpet is perfect to use in a classical breakfast room – or add paisleys and graphics for a totally contemporary interior.

In three sophisticated designs offering an alternative to the ubiquitous stripe, including an on-trend tonal houndstooth, Jaudon from Lano Carpets brings contemporary patterned carpet to the home. Beautifully woven on the latest in Wilton looms in a two-tone loop, the carpet puts a fresh spin on pattern with its pindot, diamond pindot and houndstooth designs.

Jaudon uses 80% wool 20% polyamide blend for longevity and long-term appearance retention. As an extra market of quality, the collection also uses Lano’s three-ply yarn that aids design definition and makes for a more resilient carpet.

T 01297 32244 www.axminster-carpets.co.uk

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Esprit Accents from Penthouse

City Plaids by Brintons

This deep pile luxury carpet made of finest British Wool offers 12 plain delicate shades in its Esprit range, complemented by 12 tasteful pastel heathers in the Esprit Accents range.

The trend for vintage, reclaimed textiles gives City Plaids a modern vibrancy with a subtle colour palette providing a fashionable edge to this iconic pattern. Brintons pioneered the 80% wool/20% nylon blend in 1950 and still use it today because it has the beauty of wool, in a longer-lasting form.

Brintons is British wool's single biggest user with fleece from 1 in 9 British sheep ending up in a Brintons carpet!

Manufactured with 1/10th Gauge fine construction, this 75oz sumptuous carpet comprises of 80% wool, 10% nylon and 10% polyester and is suitable for extra heavy domestic use. Available in 4.00 & 5.00m widths.

T 01706 341231 www.penthousecarpets.co.uk

T 01562 820 000 www.brintons.co.uk

Ryafine Velvet by Ryalux

Victoria Twist from Victoria Carpets

Made from the finest 2 fold New Zealand wool, Ryafine Velvet is a stunning 80% wool/20% nylon 12 colour velvet.

Beautifully crafted and distinctly Victoria. This comprehensive range, boasts 36 contemporary cool tones and warm shades, complemented with 6 elegant loop stripes. Luxury, comfort and durability, from back to front,Victoria’s beauty isn’t just skin deep.Victoria Twist colours are available in 40oz, 50oz and 60oz qualities, 80% wool /20% polypropylene and co-ordinating 3 ply loop stripes are 35oz, 100% wool.Victoria’s exclusive LOCweave backing provides additional confidence in performance, superior appearance retention and exceptional resilience, while retaining a softer and more comforting feel underfoot.

T 01562 749300 www.victoriacarpets.com

Offered in two weights - Luxury and Elegance, both of which are RYAGUARD Stain Protected, and RYAPROTECT Mothproof Treated.

Available in either 4 metre of 5 metre wide, Ryafine Velvet is both beautiful and durable, due to its heavy domestic performance.

T 0161 762 3030 (option 1) www.ryalux.com

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Brontë Saxony/Velvet by Brontë Carpets

Urban Collection by Thomas Witter

Brontë Saxony/Velvet is a high quality 100% Wool range that is available in 11 different pile weights. The range offers 60 standard colours or customers can choose any custom colour via a special dye service. Brontë manufacture ANY width from 0.5m up to an incredible 12m wide with no joins/no waste and can even make to plan shapes to further reduce waste.

Thomas Witter Carpets are delighted to announce that their unique Urban Collection in both plains and stripes has been recognised as one of the UK's most contemporary ranges in 100% British Wool and in 3ply.

T 01282 862736 www.brontecarpets.co.uk

Please ask your Thomas Witter Sales Manager to sample your showroom now, the 1m width in the stripes only adds more value to the range.

Welcome to Thomas Witter's World of Wool Stripes!

T 01429 892567 www.thomaswitter.com

Wilton Royal by Abingdon Carpets

Durham Twist by Hugh Mackay

After careful consideration, Abingdon has agreed to offer multi-widths (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 metres) on two of their Wilton Royal wool products; Anniversary Twist (32oz/42oz) and The Welsh Collection (30oz/40oz/50oz). This follows on from the established best sellers; Charter Supreme and Royal Windsor which already benefit from this unique selling point. Abingdon believe this will act as a main driver in the quest to stand out from the crowd in this very important sector of business.

The flagship range Durham Twist is re-launched for 2015 to feature 60 colours and 10 stripes in four themed collections Elements, Naturals, Colours and Stripes.

T 01274 655662 www.abingdonflooring.co.uk

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The range is a ‘one stop shop’ for consumers looking for a quality wool twist at a competitive price.

All new sampling and eye catching point-of-sale units are available now.

T 01429 892518 www.hughmackay.co.uk

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NEWS Well Manored

Polysafe safety flooring from UK vinyl flooring manufacturer Polyflor was recently installed throughout Ward 29, a £2.5m new dementia-friendly facility developed at Manor Hospital in Walsall, West Midlands.

Stockport based construction and engineering company MTX Contracts Ltd were asked to design, manufacture and construct Ward 29, a 1491m² modular construction made up of 31 modules which were built and fitted out off site before being lifted into position at the hospital by a 350 tonne crane.

Installed by John Abbott Flooring of Oldham, Polyflor flooring was used throughout Manor Hospital’s new 30 bed dementia friendly facility which features a reception area, consulting rooms, patient sitting room, six single bed rooms and six four bed rooms with en-suite bathrooms.

Polysafe Wood fx PUR, Hydro and Vogue Ultra PUR safety flooring was used throughout the ward to help keep patients, staff and visitors safe and reduce the risk of slips and falls. All Polysafe flooring ranges feature safety particles for increased traction underfoot, providing sustainable wet slip resistance throughout the guaranteed lifetime of the product. Steven Hartley, Associate Director at MTX Contracts Ltd commented, “Polyflor’s safety flooring is the ideal combination of high design and high performance. This has allowed us to create a safe healthcare facility for Manor Hospital that is less clinical and more welcoming, creating a more positive environment for patients and staff alike.”

Polysafe Wood fx PUR safety flooring in the popular Classic Oak 3107 shade was used throughout the ward’s bedrooms, reception area and corridors.

The Wood fx collection features 10 authentic looking wood effect designs which are enhanced by the exclusive Polysafe PUR polyurethane reinforcement for superior cleaning benefits.

Polysafe Hydro and Polysafe Vogue Ultra PUR vinyl safety flooring in the Oystershell shades were chosen for the en-suite bathrooms. Polysafe Hydro features a pimple emboss for use in barefoot and continually wet areas whilst Polysafe Vogue Ultra is a robust safety floor with a multi-chip design used in typical areas of spillage.

T 0161 767 1111

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Fast finish

Stopgap 800 Wearcoat self-levelling floor compound from F. Ball and Co. Ltd. has been used to renovate warehouse floors at a branch of Travis Perkins in Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire.

The removal of an existing wall in the Travis Perkins branch warehouse left a 15mm deep gap within the concrete subfloor, which J D Builders were contracted to fill. Stopgap 800 Wearcoat was specified because the floor required a hard wearing surface that could weather the high levels of daily foot traffic and movement of heavy products being sold in the builders merchant warehouse.

After conducting a moisture measurement test and determining that the subfloor was dry enough to proceed, contractors primed the area with Stopgap P131, to promote good adhesion between the floor compound and concrete subfloor.

Once the primer was suitably dry, Stopgap 800 was then applied.

Stopgap 800 Wearcoat is a self-levelling commercial and industrial grade floor compound used for upgrading and renovating new and existing internal floors in light to heavy-duty applications, where floorcoverings are not required to be installed. It is suitable for use in areas such as warehouses and workshops and can be pump applied when working in large areas.

Phil Gunia, working with J D Builders, said: “Anybody who visits a Travis Perkins warehouse will know that a hard wearing floor is essential for the work that they do. Stopgap 800 delivered just the right finish and was ready to receive foot traffic again after only three hours.”

T 01538 361 633

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Our classic collection of stylish quailty wool carpets is now available in Multi-Widths, minimising waste and saving you money!

Available in the following ranges • Anniversary Twist (32/42oz) • Charter Supreme Gold • Royal Windsor Loop/Berber • Welsh Collection (St Davids, Caerphilly, Monmouth) www.abingdonflooring.co.uk

NEWS Making it in Manchester

Polyflor, is celebrating a century of manufacturing in Manchester, where this family-run company was born and is still flourishing as a global business.

Dyeing to develop

Ulster Carpets has started building the company’s new Dyehouse & Energy Centre as part of its major investment and regeneration programme to meet growing demand.

Edward Wilson, Chairman of Ulster Carpets, commented at a ceremony on site to mark the start of construction: “This is the first phase of a major re-generation of all our Operation Facilities in Portadown. I am delighted to take the first step of this very exciting period of the company’s ongoing development.”

This investment programme and regeneration scheme signifies yet another considerable commitment to continued Northern Ireland manufacturing as the company grows and progresses. Ulster Carpets has seen sustained demand for its product around the world and also expansion into new export markets.To keep up with this demand, Ulster recently boosted its permanent employment level, underpinning its commitment to the local community.

Once the new Dyehouse and Energy Centre is completed, the Company will benefit from new state-of–the-art dyeing technology improving capacity by over 20% as well as increasing the efficiency of the whole process providing faster response times and maximising control.

Over the last 100 years the expansion of Polyflor’s parent company James Halstead PLC has been managed by four generations of the Halstead’s own dynasty of entrepreneurs in Bury, Greater Manchester. Established by James Halstead himself in 1915, the company’s original trade was the waxing and showerproofing of cloth for raincoats, before expanding into flooring in 1934.

After chemist Bill Roberts experimented with PVC to create a practical and resilient floorcovering, “Poly-Flor” vinyl flooring was launched in 1954 when a 24 year old Geoffrey Halstead, the group’s current Executive Chairman, started up his sales operation. After persuading many contractors to move from installing existing linoleum products to working with more advanced “Poly-Flor” vinyl flooring, this investment in the market paid off as vinyl flooring soon became the company’s most profitable product.

Polyflor has become the UK market leader for commercial vinyl floorcoverings with dominant market share and reported a turnover of £224 million and pre-tax profit of £42 million for the year ending June 2014.

Polyflor is a major employer in Manchester, employing some 500 people across its original manufacturing site in Whitefield, Bury and its sales office in Royton, Oldham. In 2010 Polyflor also acquired a manufacturing site in Teesside and now has international subsidiaries across the world.

Executive Chairman Geoffrey Halstead commented, “After James Halstead Ltd was started in 1915 with just three employees and four machines in our factory, we’ve come an awfully long way but are still close to our roots in Manchester. We’re proud to be a UK manufacturer and to have the Polyflor brand known globally as one of the leaders in the flooring industry who are “Covering The World” as our slogan says.”

T 0161 767 1111

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With its own dedicated steam production plant and advanced heat recovery system, the centre will be able to match supply to demand leading to a significant reduction in the environmental impact of the process, in line with Ulster’s ambitious environmental goals.

The building, which is due for completion at the end of 2016 has been designed and constructed by local businesses; this is a deliberate strategy by Ulster Carpets, supported by Invest NI, to continue to invest in Northern Ireland’s economy and to support local jobs.

T 028 3833 4433 www.ulstercarpets.com

Brockway ‘timely’ team

Brockway Carpets continues to strengthen its sales team with the appointment of Andy Cave, John Hale and Ted Morgan as Area Business Managers - bringing outstanding experience in carpet retail, all three join from Victoria Carpets.

Andy Cave becomes Brockway’s Area Business Manager with responsibility for South Midlands and South Wales. John Hale joins as Area Business Manager for the Southern Home Counties, and Ted Morgan is tasked as Brockway’s Area Business Manager for Kent and the London area.

Sales Director Shaun Lewis said: “We’re moving into an exciting new phase in Brockway’s development and we are delighted to welcome three such high calibre and well known professionals. They complement our team perfectly.”

Pictured: Brockway’s Steve Glover (left) and Shaun Lewis (far right) welcome new area business managers (second left to right) John Hale, Ted Morgan and Andy Cave.

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“Their arrival is timely, “ added National Sales Manager Steve Glover, after Brockway launched its new portfolio at The Flooring Show, Harrogate in September, “This is a great time to be part of Brockway’s success.”

T 01706 238 810

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floorwise has launched its Big Bonanza Promotion with free M&S vouchers - throughout September, October and November, any retailer or contractor purchasing Underlay, Diamond Gripper, or F599 Spray Adhesive to the qualifying amount will see up to £20 of vouchers as reward.

Those buying any 10 mixed rolls of traffic, maxi, tread, pinnacle or supreme underlay will receive a £10 M&S voucher, while 10 boxes of Diamond Gripper will see a £20 voucher awarded. For every 10 boxes or tubes of qualifying profiles retailers and contractors will see a £10 voucher and 10 boxes of F599 Spray Adhesive are entitled to £5 worth of M&S vouchers.

“We’ve created the Big Bonanza Promotion as a thank you to our loyal customers as well as to give new customers another incentive to discover the quality and value of floorwise,” says Richard Bailey, managing director. “That’s why we’ve made it available on some of our most popular day-to-day products and with reasonable qualifying quantities too. We didn’t want an overly complex points for gadgets style promotion, just a fair reward for a fair purchase!”

The promotion runs until 30th November 2015. Full terms and conditions are available on request by contacting floorwise.

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Authentic Affinity

Polyflor is pleased to announce the launch of their innovative Affinity255 range of high design, heavy commercial luxury vinyl tiles which have been created to work in perfect harmony with vinyl sheet flooring ranges.

Featuring an eclectic mix of 16 authentically reproduced wood plank designs, the 2mm gauge Affinity255 collection offers straightforward installation alongside 2mm vinyl sheet flooring, providing a beautifully seamless flooring solution that flows throughout any commercial installation.

Affinity255 luxury vinyl tiles blend effortlessly with Polyflor’s 2mm gauge heterogeneous, homogeneous and safety flooring ranges, such as Expona Flow PUR, Pearlazzo PUR and Polysafe Verona PUR. This makes it easy to create flowing pathways, zones and dual purpose areas within a building where different specifications of flooring need to be installed side by side, without the need for levelling trims between rooms.

The hard wearing Affinity255 collection has been developed for heavy traffic commercial environments in sectors such as retail, leisure, office, housing, healthcare and education. The cross linked and UV cured polyurethane reinforcement (PUR) protects the floor and supports a simple cleaning regime and easier soil release.

Affinity255 planks feature authentic surface textures, grain detail and tonal hues in a wide plank format to replicate the natural variation found in real wood. The collection’s stunning array of traditional and contemporary designs can be simply straight laid, combined with other designs or used with flooring accessories such as inlay strips for unlimited creative possibilities.

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Autumn at the Academy

Having demonstrated the numerous benefits of being an accredited Master Installer to industry professionals, the Academy for Excellence in Flooring is looking forward to an industrious autumn as flooring installers gear up for one of the busiest periods of the year.

“We support all Master installers with free technical advice and whether responding to a frantic on-site mobile call or late-night email, we’ll do our best to come back as soon as possible,” says Lee Thompson, procurement and technical manager. “Of course, our Master Installers are highly trained, so rarely encounter a problem they can’t solve, but it’s certainly reassuring to know that help is there if it’s required.”

Master Installers are among the industry’s most highly trained professionals and as such are in high demand from homeowners looking for a professional manufacturer-backed service. All Master Installers can offer a two-year workmanship warranty on installations of Quick-Step flooring and that’s alongside product guarantees that are some of the best in business.

Listed on the Quick-Step website, www.quick-step.co.uk, Master Installers now number several hundred, but with demand for their services at an all time high, the Academy is encouraging any installer wanting to gain a professional advantage to undertake the three day Master Installer course. www.quick-step-academy.co.uk 48 October 2015

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Underlay options

Underlay can be the un-sung hero of your bottom line as one of the few opportunities for retailers to grow business when carpet sales are slow.

How resistant are consumers to paying more to replace their underlay? Is underlay over-priced or have the recent budget ranges made it more saleable?

Do the latest ‘posh’ products have a place in your portfolio for customers who just want the best?

But are all the extra products from manufacturers helping you to sell more – or are they just confusing the market?

How important are point-of-sale systems to demonstrate the benefits of underlay underfoot?

And where do you stand on PU versus rubber – does your preference match the consumer’s choice?

Inform the industry and let us know what you think….

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Reasons to love Aevita fibre...

• Made from 100% recycled plastic bottles

• Sumptuously soft for a more luxurious feel

• Tough and easy to clean, the ideal family carpet

Launched at The Flooring Show, we’ll be bringing brand new Aevita ranges in dedicated point of sale units. These innovative displays will help to translate all the benefits of Aevita fibre that’s made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.

Sumptuously soft, tough and easy to clean, Aevita fibre makes for the ideal family carpet.

Register your interest on these new ranges and point of sale units by contacting gordonvhugo@googlemail.com.

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Flooring Factsheet Adhesives

Flooring factsheet Wool fibre Benefits of Wool Carpet

SAFE

Practical Strong and Resilient – Wool carpet will provide superior performance over many years as it can offer unique resilience and long lasting durability. The natural crimp of wool offers valuable ‘bounce-back’ so that pile compression is resisted and the effects of tracking and shading are reduced – maintaining good appearance over many years.

DURABLE EASYCARE

Easy care – Wool is a natural fibre that has an inbuilt resistance to soiling due to its natural oils and its outer surface of microscopic scales and as a result additional anti-soil treatments are not necessary. Simply vacuuming the carpet will keep it looking good and whilst wool initially repels spills, prompt and complete blotting with white paper towels or an absorbent cloth is advised and will address many household spillages.

Comfort

COMFORT

Soft and Warm – Wool carpet adds luxurious underfoot comfort and warmth to the home and acts as an insulator improving heat retention and energy efficiency.

Peace and Quiet – Wool carpet absorbs sound and cushions the home against echo and room to room noise transfer.

Safety

The Best Carpet Wool Wool carpets have a historic reputation for quality because as a fibre it is known to withstand pressure and have excellent appearance retention properties.

The best wool for carpet production is ‘strong’ wool and this is grown on sheep breeds found in Britain and New Zealand. Most carpets will contain both British Wool and New Zealand Wool because British Wool is more bulky and resilient and offers texture and unique heathery shades to carpet, whilst New Zealand wool is softer and whiter and particularly good for plain, lighter shaded ranges. Combining the two within a blend for carpet yarn gives manufacturers the perfect qualities for carpet.

Wool has yet to be matched by any man-made fibre; it has superior strength and does not need other fibres to improve its performance. However manufacturers choose to use synthetic fibres within the yarn blend for a number of reasons. These include fibre flexibility, dyeing, heat setting, stain resistance, durability and cost. These wool rich compositions offer industry standard carpets which will perform well in the home.

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Fire Retardant – Wool is naturally fire resistant, has a slow ignition rate and tests show that it is self extinguishing within seconds. It meets many safety regulations without additional treatments and is favoured in contract locations for this reason.

Fall Friendly – Carpet cushions and so provides a softer floor which protects against serious injury in falls by the very young or the elderly.

Internal Environment Indoor Environment – As a natural ‘smart’ fibre with a complex physical and chemical structure, wool helps to create a balanced atmosphere in the home. It breathes and absorbs humidity in the air, releasing it when the atmosphere becomes dry and helps improve air quality by absorbing airborne toxins in indoor air.

Anti–allergy – The minute scales on the fibre’s surface will hold fine dust until vacuumed which helps to reduce floating particulate in the atmosphere. Wool does not give off harmful emissions or promote the growth of bacteria and wool is not a food source for dust mites.

Eco/Environmental Natural and Sustainable – Grown on sheep, which graze freely, wool is both 100% natural and fully sustainable. As shearing is a necessary part of animal husbandry this means that every year there is a fresh supply of wool available for the carpet manufacturing industry.

Energy Efficient – Wool is energy efficient in the home and also in carpet production.

Biodegradable – Wool fibre is biodegradable in soil and will produce nitrogen, sulphur, carbon dioxide and water which are all plant nutrients.

Environmentally Assessed – Wool is an environmentally responsible fibre that has been measured in terms of its ecological impact. A Life Cycle Analysis study carried out by Leeds University to ISO 14040 standard for British Wool concludes that it compares favourably when measured against man-made fibres.

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Woolsafe factsheet Caring for carpet the right way The WoolSafe WoolSafe Organisation is the UK’s UK’s leading authority for the correct care and maintenance of carpet and offers a range of services empowering retailers to build a reputation for great service and consumers to get the most out of their investment.

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Flooring factsheet Buying Groups Pick the right one How to decide whether to join a buying group – and which one…

• Evaluate all buying groups as they all work differently • Talk to the main marketing contact and/or a member of the committee

Why join?

Buying groups have been a highly successful feature of the floor retailing scene in the last decade or so, giving independents the extra edge they need to compete effectively with the retail park chains.

More than 1000 retailers are now members of one of the several buying groups which operate in our sector and the numbers are slowly, but steadily growing.

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• Get a list of members and call up two or three for a ‘real-world’ view

• Establish your territorial exclusivity – where’s the next nearest member of each buying group

• Ensure you understand the financial arrangements,

any fees that would relate to your membership, how the bills are paid and whether your fees are refundable if it doesn’t work out. Ask the buying group for a consultation to estimate your potential savings

While the benefits of bulk buying power are self-evident, the resistance to the buying group concept among nonmembers appears to be centred on fears of surrendering some control to a committee – and most particularly compromising long-established relationships and negotiated terms with current suppliers.

• Review all the extra benefits and services to see

The bottom line is the bottom line. A retailer selling across a broad range of products is likely to improve margins within a buying group – but you don’t need a leap of faith to join up. Ask the buying groups for answers...

flexibility to run your business the way you want

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what you would actually use

• Check out the product ranges offered including the own-label options and the UK/European mix

• Ensure you understand any rules that may limit your

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Key benefits Increase margins • Group purchases to get beneficial rates • Rebates • Exclusive higher-margin products • Special promotions One of the key reasons to join a buying group is to benefit from the discounts they negotiate as a bulk buyer from manufacturers. The way discounts and rebates are passed on to members varies between groups so make sure it’s absolutely clear how this will be done. You’ll need to work out how this compares with discounts you have already negotiated locally with preferred suppliers.

Access professional services • Business and financial services • IT and internet support • Training and workshops • Professional bodies Some buying groups offer an excellent range of other services which may be valuable to your business. Financial services include invoice factoring, credit, loans and insurance. Some of the more sophisticated groups offering marketing packages, software systems to help you run your business operations and customised websites ready to use. Relationships with professional and training organisations can also offer discounts.

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Increase sales • Best of both worlds’ proposition • Wider ranges and exclusive products • POS, displays and merchandising support Your customers will like the proposition that you are independent but with the buying power of a group – this gives them (and you) the ‘best of both worlds’ with personal service and competitive pricing. Most groups will also offer you ‘own label’ ranges and support with pointof-sale, merchandising and displays. Central stockholding may also be on offer.

Network with other independents

• Members-only exhibitions with preferred manufacturers • Regular meetings and supplier presentations • Regional workshops • Helpline A lot of retailers enjoy the buying group environment of being independent but not alone out there on the High Street. Groups hold regular meetings and some have their own trade shows, regional meetings and workshops to help you develop your business. The network gives you someone to call when you need advice on, for example, an unusual installation, a technical consumer complaint, legal issue or business dilemma.

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Flooring factsheet Underlay In a tight market for margins, underlay for carpet and laminate flooring offers retailers one of the best opportunities to add value to every sale – with good profitability, trade-up potential once benefits are understood and high satisfaction levels with customers.

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But 50% of carpet is still sold without new underlay!

Retailers should create an assumption that new underlay is always required, the only decision is which type. It’s also a good target-setter for sales staff.

Setting up in-store demonstrations so customers can walk on samples with different grades of underlay and feel the difference has shown excellent results – some manufacturers offer point-of-sale units.

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Benefits

Types

Good underlay will...

• Improve underfoot comfort • Increase appearance retention, reducing flattening • Absorb the pressure of foot traffic and reduce wear • Improve thermal insulation and warmth • Increase sound insulation • Smooth out sub-floor imperfections • Last the lifetime of the carpet

Sponge rubber The market’s most popular underlay is available in flat or waffle patterns in a wide range of weights for different applications. It performs well for comfort and has a durable spring retention.

PU (polyurethane) foam PU foam is a relative newcomer to the market, typically made from recycled foam offcuts. The foam provides excellent comfort and performance levels with lots of thickness options and densities – and its light weight helps handling. The product can be re-cycled again after use.

Crumb rubber Flat and dense, crumb rubber is good for heavy footfall - offering maximum protection but a little less comfort (and very good over stair nosings).

Laminate underlay There’s still an opportunity to sell underlay with laminate flooring, improving the acoustic performance of the floor and helping the boards float above any imperfections in the sub-surface.

Combination A rubber crumb base with a felt top layer offers a good combination of protection, durability and comfort. It also allows carpet with seaming to bed into the top felt.

Underfloor heating underlay Always ask if there is underfloor heating. Most manufacturers offer specialised products. Underlay and carpet with a combined tog rating up to 2.5 can be used – which means the underlay would normally have a tog rating of 1.0.

Felt This traditional (but environmentally friendly) underlay is made from recycled fibres – wool, jute and synthetic – to create a firm, dense pad with excellent thermal insulation.

Still a very popular choice among contractors when stretch fitting woven carpets.

Pre-tackified underlay A self-adhesive single stick underlay in both needlefelt and PU. A removable system for heavy use when comfort is desired.

Poor or old underlay will...

• Feel hard and unwelcoming • Reduce carpet life • Cause wrinkling and premature wear spots • Cause carpet fibres to break down more quickly • Not meet British Standards How thick?

A maximum of 12mm is recommended (working with gripper will be difficult thereafter) but rooms with heavy traffic will need a thinner, denser pad. The combination of thickness and density is all important as a thick underlay with low density may not perform well. Typically, the thicker the underlay, the better quality it will need to be – 11mm is often used for luxury installations with 9mm and 7mm the common domestic thickness.

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Crumb

Combination

PU foam

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Flooring factsheet Carpet trouble-shooter

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Fading on Wool Carpets made from wool can and do fade in use. The degree of fade can vary depending on the colour chosen and the local conditions to which the carpet is subjected.

Fading can be caused by exposure to ultra violet light which is found in daylight, but is accelerated when sunlight shines directly onto the carpet.

This has the effect of lightening or “Bleaching” the colour just as exposure to sunlight will lighten human hair. Wool is after all animal hair.

Protection should be given to carpets exposed to such conditions just as you would protect other furniture or fabrics.

A complaint on fading would be considered justified if it failed to meet the required shade standard when tested to the British Standard BS1006 (1990).

Soiling Soiling is usually the result of some local condition to which the carpet has been subjected to, or maintenance, or lack of maintenance programme. There is nothing we as manufacturers can do to prevent soiling in use. There are several types of soiling which are quite common:

Colour matching Carpets are produced in batches - known as creels - and usually each batch produces between 500m2 - 3000m2 in a single width, depending on the creel size. Whilst the recipe used by the dyer remains constant, and is followed to the letter, in each separate production the colour reproduction will vary from batch to batch.

However production is matched back to the original or master sample to ensure that the colour remains ‘within a commercial tolerance’.

This process if not an exact science and a commercial tolerance is subjective but nevertheless is usually the professional judgement of the head dyer based on his/her experience.

A greater level of tolerance is required on blended colours (Heathers etc). To ensure perfect colour matching it is advisable that a single width be used in any installation requiring exact colour matching.

N.B. Carpets which are laid with the pile travelling in different directions, even though they be from the same batch will appear not to match. For further information please check with the manufacturers recommendations.

Sprouting Occasionally an odd tuft or two can work its way to the surface and stand proud of the rest of the pile. This is probably due to one end of the tuft being longer than the other i.e. J shaped tuft instead of V shaped. Remedial action merely requires that the offending tufts be scissor trimmed level with the rest of the pile. They should never be pulled out.

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Spillages - Liquids such as soft drinks, cordials or any drink which contains sugar, particularly hot drinks, is likely to leave a stain. In such instances, professional help should be sought.

Shampoo - if incorrectly applied, can leave sticky soap residues in the fibres which can result in the soiling reappearing quite rapidly.

Dust - which is carried on draughts can soil carpets in various ways, apart from the obvious soiled edges, at gaping skirting boards for instance, dark lines appearing on surface might suggest airborne dust vacuum-drawn through poorly fitted floorboards. Sometimes the shape of floorboards can be seen quite clearly. Air borne dust sometimes shows itself as spots on the carpet, this is due to the air carried on a draught under the carpet escaping through minute holes both in the underlay and the carpet, leaving dust deposited on the pile much like a filter action.

In such installations, the use of a lining paper is essential as a preventative measure.

It is the responsibility of the retailer to advise the consumer when the carpet is measured of any poorly fitting doors, skirtings, or floorboards and the consumers responsibility to ensure any remedial work to seal draughts, is carried out before the carpet is fitted, if a resulting complaint is to be avoided.

Static Carpets do not produce static but like other household fabrics and objects have the capacity to store it. Static is caused by the build up of static electricity upon personnel in a dry environment and is discharged when a person makes contact with an object which can conduct electricity (i.e. door handle or filing cabinets, etc).

The static charges will vary in intensity depending upon the individual, air humidity and the contact materials. Static is more usually associated with synthetic materials as they do not retain moisture very well but it can and does occur with wool in very dry room conditions.

Preventative measures include the introduction of moisture into the room or in situ carpet treatment.

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• sprouting • shading • static • fading • pile reversal • shedding • flattening • soiling

Flattening

Shedding

Flattening will occur as a result of traffic which eventually flattens the pile particularly in the main areas of use.

All cut pile carpets will lose short fibre, which is created during production when spun yarn is cut for tuft formation.

These fibres fall onto the surface of the pile and appear as ‘fluff’.

All pile fabrics will flatten to greater or lesser degree dependant on the amount of traffic to which it is subjected and the construction (tuft density/pile fibre/height/weight) of the product concerned.

The effect varies with yarn type and may be removed without detrimental effect upon the carpet by vacuum cleaning. This excess fibre is only a small fraction of the total fibre contained in the carpet.

Shading

Indentations

Shading occurs because the pile of the carpet has become crushed, flattened or brushed in a different direction to the natural lie of the pile whilst in situ. This causes light reflection at differing angles resulting in the creation of light and dark patches on the carpet. This will occur on all pile fabrics but can be more noticeable on plainer carpets because the shadows created by pile pressure will not be disguised by a heavy pattern or design.

When a carpet is subjected to a heavy point load, such as under the legs of furniture, it is unreasonable to expect the carpet not to indent. Usually, the longer the load is in place, the longer will be the time for the pile to recover. In the case of very heavy loads in place for a considerable time, the recovery time can be very considerable.

Pile Reversal Like shading, this occurs when the pile or nap of the carpet changes direction and thus reflects light at different angles showing the effects of shading which can become permanent. It is also described as ‘watermarking’. This can happen to every carpet construction be it Axminster, Wilton, Tufted, Hand Woven, Persian, Chinese, Indian or even Coir Matting. Like shading it can be more apparent on plain carpet because heavy patterns can disguise the effects. It can occur quite quickly after installation. A tremendous amount of research has been carried out over many years by many institutes to determine the cause of this phenomenon but none of it has proved conclusive.

It must be remembered that it is not only the pile of the carpet that becomes indented. The underlay will also indent and the backing of the carpet may also distort into the indentation in the underlay. Some underlay’s will recover well and some less well depending upon their composition, thickness, density etc. The use of cups below furniture legs can spread the load and the net result is a larger area of less deeply indented carpet.

The ability of a carpet to recover from a heavy static load can be measured in the laboratory, using the test method described in BS 4939 and many manufacturers will have data on this aspect of carpet performance. In this test the carpet is loaded for 24 hours and the degree of recovery is measured after 1 hour and 24 hours. Since there are so many different underlay’s however, it is very rare for the recovery from a heavy static load to be evaluated on carpet and underlay.

There is no commonly known manufacturing process which can cause or cure this phenomenon and therefore it is not a manufacturing fault. For further information please check with individual manufacturers recommendations.

Often normal maintenance (vacuum cleaning with a rotating brush machine) will speed up recovery but in the case of serious indentations the use of an iron and damp cloth or a steam iron together with a blunt darning needle to carefully tease up the pile can be beneficial. Care must be take not to over wet the carpet, of course.

Pulling Loops

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Pulled loops occur only in looped pile carpet where one or more loops in the continuous pile is pulled through the primary backing of the carpet. This is usually due to some local condition, possibly some sharp object which has caught in a loop in situ and has resulted in a pull. Pulled loops are easily dealt with by trimming the offending end level with the rest of the pile. They should not be left as this could result in further loops being pulled and developing into a ladder.

The samples held by individual retailers may not be from the same batch as current production and therefore should be used as a guide and not an exact colour match.

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This information is given by responsible manufacturers to help you help your customer to make an informed choice.

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The Stocklists Carpet Company Directory Abingdon Flooring Adam Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W Ww Alternative Flooring Associated Weavers Tw Tu Avena Carpets Ltd Tu Ww Axwoven Carpets Ltd Ax Be Axminster Carpets Ltd Ax Be Tw Bajong Carpets NV Tu Tw W Balta Industries Tu Tw W Ww

01274 655694 01562 829966 01264 335111

Bizspoke Custom Carpets Be Tw W

0121 550 5788 01297 32244 +32 56783250

Be Tu Tw W office@brontecarpets.co.uk www.brontecarpets.co.uk

01562 825952

Burmatex Tu Cavalier Carpets Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

Edel Telenzo Carpets Ltd Tu Tw W sales@edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk www.edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk

01422 374 417

01924 262525 Enterprise Weaving Co Be Ww

01562 745030

01254 268000

+32 56 62 2211

020 8800 0740

Christy Carpets Tu

019078 308777

Fells Carpets

Clarendon Carpets Tw

01827 831480

Classis Carpets Tu W Ww

0870 020 1725

Condor Carpets BV Tu

Ww cummings@btinternet.com www.fellscarpets.co.uk Fletco Taepper A/S Tu W

01977 662211

+45 96 60 3000

+31 38 4778911

+31 383 861 060

Flock-living Limited

Cormar Carpets Ltd +32 56 23 54 10

Tu Tw W info@cormarcarpets.co.uk www.cormarcarpets.co.uk

01204 881 234

01924 488882 Couristan Carpets Ax Tu W Ww

800 223 6186

BMK

0113 380 5333

Craigie Carpets Be

01294 558400

Bond Worth Ltd Ax

01562 745000

Creative Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

0116 284 1455

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01282 862 736

020 7823 3040

Edel Telenzo’s Bakerloo

Domo Floorcovering Pr Tu Tw

Bronte Carpets Ltd

Blenheim Carpets Ax Be Tw W Ww

Brintons Ax Tu Tw W Ww

0844 9151000

01422 330261

Belvedere Carpets

BIC Carpets Be Tw W

01562 828200 www.brockway.co.uk

Dan-Floor UK W

E & WE Carpets W

Belvedere Carpets

Betap Tufting BV Tu Tw W

Tw W sales@brockway.co.uk

01737 830301

01422 431100

Beaulieu International Group Be Pr Tu Tw +32 56 67 66 11

Tu W sales@belvederecarpets.co.uk www.belvederecarpets.co.uk

Brockway Carpets Ltd

Custom Carpet Company Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

0800 505055

Creatuft Carpets Tu W

Mohawk’s Cherbourg Check

+32 56 35 4444

Tu Wa info@flock-living.com www.flock-living.com

+44 (0)20 8440 8777

Firth Carpets & Flooring Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

01484 721529

Furlong Flooring Tw W enquiries@furlongcentral.co.uk www.furlongflooring.co.uk

01772 696 787

Brockway’s Vogue

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Gaskell Wool Rich Tu Tw W

01827 831525

Master Weaver W Ww

01562 754 382

The Grosvenor Wilton Co W Ww

01562 701456

Gaskell Mackay Carpets Ltd Ax Tu Tw W

01429 892525

Mayfield Carpets Tu Tw W

01706 639 866

The Sultana Carpet Co Ax

01299 822300

Georgian Carpets Tu Tw W

01827 831430

MID NL Be

Wilton Carpet Commercial Ax Tu Tw Ww W Be

01722 746000

Thomas Witter UK Ltd Tu Tw

0870 1128318

Godfrey Hirst (GB) Ltd Tu Halbmond Teppichwerke Be Pr Tu Heckmondwike FB

0800 526696

+31 38 851 8700

Modulyss Be Tu Tw Pr

+32 52 457211

Timzo Tufting Industry BV Tu

+49 037 421 420 01924 410544

ITC Be Pr Tw Tu

0032 51 424 411

Lano NV

00 800 5266 5266

+31 38 385 4477

Tisca Tiara Tu Ww

07860 911748

Mr Tomkinson Tw Ww

01827 831 450

Trendy Tuft Designs Be Tu Tw W

01274 855080

07850 935301

Penthouse Carpets Tu Tw W

01706 341231

Ulster Carpets Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

02838 334433

Joseph Hamilton & Seaton W

01827 831400

Phoenox Textiles Pr Tu

01484 863227

United Carpets & Beds Tw W Ww

01709 732 666

Kingsmead Carpets Tu Tw W

01827 831 424

Pownall Carpets Tw W

0845 6528811

Victoria Carpets Tu Tw W Ww

01562 749300

Vorwerk Flooring

01282 332025

Westex Carpets Tu

01274 861334

Weston Hammer W

0845 644 9090

Whitestone Weavers Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

01429 892555

Wilkies Carpets Tw

0113 307 9955

John Lanham Watts Carpets Ax Tw Ww

01937 588511

John Evans Ltd Ax Tu Tw W

Roger Vanden Berghe.NV Tu Ww

Lano NV Ax Pr Tu Tw W Ww marketing@lano.be www.lano.com

+32 56 65 4300

Le Tissage d'Arcade Ax Ww

+32 05685 4747

Lecaflor Ltd Ax Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

0800 78 33 712

Leigh Spinners Ltd Tw

Manx Carpets Tw W

0844 5611977

Shaw Home Foundations Tu

01675 433 501

TAT Carpet

07976 607657

Woodward Grosvenor Ax Tu Tw W Ww

+35 12 56 750 500

Tapibel NV Pr Tu Tw

01623 481 221

Wool Classics Tu Ww

01827 831 434

Tasibel NV Tw

+32 52 499600

Woven Carpets of Kidderminster W 01299 827477

Bronte’s Cream Shagpile

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Sans Frontieres Ltd Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

01422 845075

+32 56 393 386

Lusotufo Tu

0845 652 8811

Signature Carpets Be Tu W

01942 673232

Louis de Poortere W

Ryalux Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

+32 56 73 57 11

Cormar’s Sensation Twist

0800 526696

0207 349 1560

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Fells Carpets Leeds 0113 3071908

Birch Distribution Sheffield - see Floorwise p64

Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk

carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Mercado Leeds 0113 3802900 sales@mercado.co.uk www.mercado.co.uk

North East Fells Carpets Leeds

0113 3071908

carl.cummings@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Floorwise (North East) Ltd Birtley - see Floorwise p64

North West A&A Carpets Manchester 01204 701188 sales@aandacarpets.co.uk www.aandacarpets.co.uk D. M. Miller Ltd Manchester 0161 205 9949 dm.miller@btconnect.com www.dmmillerltd.spaces.lives.com Fells Carpets Goole

01977 662211

sales@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk

Lee Floorstok Ltd Liverpool - see Floorwise p64

Birch Distribution Leeds - see Floorwise p64 Birch Distribution Hull - see Floorwise p64 Cornerstone Flooring Doncaster - see Floorwise p64 DMS Flooring Supplies Northampton 0845 643 5601 dmsnorthampton@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk Floorwise D & J Ltd Southam - see Floorwise p64 J J Wholesale & Distribution Ltd Birmingham 0121 765 4994 jjwholesale@gmx.com Matty’s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 01675 433072 sales@mattys.co.uk STS Flooring Distributors Watford 08454 342000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com Trade Counter Carpets Leicester 0845 604 3055 tradecountercarpets@gmail.com Woodall Brothers Ltd Shrewsbury - see Floorwise p64

Salesmark Ltd St Neots - see Floorwise p64 STS Flooring Distributors Cambridge Tel: 01954 781142 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com

South West BL Flooring Supplies Bristol - see Floorwise p64 BL Flooring Supplies Gloucester - see Floorwise p64 Fitwell Flooring Ltd Redruth - see Floorwise p64 Fitwell Flooring Ltd Newton Abott - see Floorwise p64 Flooring Supplies (Wessex) Amesbury 01980 625888 orders@flooringsupplieswessex.co.uk Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk See page 14 for details STS Flooring Distributors Thame (Oxford) 01844 213555 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com

Lee Floorstok Ltd Manchester - see Floorwise p64

MCA Floorwise Ltd Morecambe see Floorwise p64 Millbrook Carpets Darwen 01254 703999 millbrookcarpets@live.co.uk TCS “The Carpet Specialists” Morecambe 01524 840177 info@tcsthecarpetspecialists.com www.tcsthecarpetspecialists.com

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Acorn Carpet Accessories Bromley, Kent - see Floorwise p64

Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk See page 14 for details

Flanagan Flooring Distributors Belfast & Saintfield Co. Down Northern Ireland Tel: 028 9751 0932 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com

Ashmount Flooring Supplies Ltd Tottenham 0208 808 2158 sales@ashmountflooring.co.uk www.ashmountflooring.co.uk Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk Clifford Floors Strood 01634 285900 sales@clifford.uk.com Culpeck Strood 01634 299000 sales@culpeck.uk.com Columbia Flooring Middlesex 020 8443 3322 sales@columbiaflooring.co.uk www.columbiaflooring.co.uk See page 7 for details DMS Flooring Supplies Hemel Hempstead 0845 643 5344 dmshemel@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk DMS Flooring Supplies Milton Keynes 0845 643 5320 dmslaser@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk Kent Flooring Supplies Ltd Chatham 01634 668668 sales@kentflooring.co.uk www.kentflooring.co.uk Littner Hampton London 020 8520 8474 littnerhampton@aol.com www.littnerhamptoncarpets.co.uk Potts & Ward, Woodcocks Ltd Brighton 01273 557211 sales@pwwflooring.com www.pwwflooring.com

STS Flooring Distributors Orpington/Croydon 0845 434 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com Trade Carpet London Wimbledon 0208 247 3891 sales@tradecarpet.com www.tradecarpet.com

Wales Matty’s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 01675 433072 sales@mattys.co.uk

Flanagan Flooring Distributors Willow Business Park Dublin Tel: (01) 429 7800 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Dublin - see Floorwise p64 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Belfast - see Floorwise p64 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Limerick - see Floorwise p64 TCS “The Carpet Specialists” Co. Louth 00353 879 464 563 00353 429 351 351 info@tcsthecarpetspecialists.com www.tcsthecarpetspecialists.com

Scotland Flanagan Flooring Distributors Glasgow Business Park Baillieston Tel: 0141 773 1122 sales@flanagan-flooring.com www.flanagan-flooring.com MCD Scotland Uddingston Glasgow 01698 808000 mcdscotland@mcd.co.uk www.mcdscotland.co.uk Neil Smith Ltd Glasgow - see Floorwise p64

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Flooring factsheet Carpet types Tip Sheared Tip Sheared Sheared

Tip Sheared

Tufted With advances in manufacturing technology, 95% of all carpet produced today is tufted.

It takes about an hour to make a roll of carpet that might take eight hours to weave.

To make tufted carpet, hundreds of yarn-threaded needles are pushed through the primary backing fabric to form loops or tufts, which may be left as is or cut.

A heavy adhesive coating is applied to hold the tufts in place and a secondary backing is usually glued on for strength and stability.

A wide variety of styles and textures can then be created using various techniques.

LOOP PILE

Berber – Berber carpets look like and are named after a handmade, bulky wool carpet made by the Berber tribes of North Africa and Asia. The loops are made from thick or bulky yarns of wool, nylon, polypropylene or a blend of these fibres to give a cushioned effect underfoot. These carpets are available in an assortment of colours and may be flecked and can be either level loop or multilevel loop.

Level loop – When all the loops are of the same height, a highly flexible and durable carpet is created which has a natural, casual appearance even when (commonly) it is made from synthetic fibres. The tight loop texture tends to hide marks so it’s a good blend between luxury and practicality.

Multi-level loop – The loops vary to two or sometimes three loop heights to create informal, random textures which are very forgiving for marks and stains and therefore very suitable for high traffic areas and busy family rooms.

BONDED Bonded carpets (sometimes called ‘fibre-bonded’ or ‘fusion bonded’) are created by firing fibres into an adhesive material – the fibres are not stitched into the backing in any way. The technique is principally used for commercial carpet tiles.

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Level Loop Tip Sheared Random Sheared Sheared Random Random Sheared

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Tip Sheared Velvet/Plush Random Sheared

Level Tip Sheared Level Frieze Velvet/Plush FriezeLoop TwistLoop Loop Twist Random Sheared Multi-Level Loop Multi-Level Random Sheared LoopBerber Multi-Level Loop Multi-Level Twist Twist Berber

Random Sheared Twist Velvet/Plush

Tip Sheared Tip Sheared Random Sheared Loop Berber Twist Multi-Level Berber Saxony Velvet/Plush Frieze Velvet/Plush Saxony

Freize – Frieze or frisée (pronounced freesay) carpets are similar to saxony, but the Random Sheared yarns are more tightly twisted and should Random Sheared Velvet/Plush Frieze Velvet/Plush Saxony Shag Frieze Saxony Twist always be heat set. They have a dense, Twist low pile Twist Berber surface which creates a coarse, pebbly texture.

Frieze carpets are very durable and hide Velvet/Plush footprints, dust and dirt, which makes them Velvet/Plush Velvet/Plush Twist Twist Berber suitable for heavy traffic areas.

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Saxony – Saxony textures are made of twisted yarns, which should be heat set. The Twist Twist Berber Twist tips remain very distinct, rather than blending Twist TwistBerber Saxony Shag together to form a very elegant finish. Saxony Saxony Shag textures show footprints and vacuum marks so are suitable for more occasional rooms in Saxony Saxony Shag the home. More textured variations improve Saxony Saxony Shag the practicality of saxonies.

Woven carpet may be in a tiny minority of Twist – The popular twist carpet is the today’s production but still produces some cut-pile standard. The yarn is tightly twisted of the finest carpets which are used for and often heatset to retain this feature and prestigious installations. the result is a versatile, textured finish that is Axminster ideal for plain colours.

The pile of the carpet is inserted into the Velvet – Velvet textures (sometimes called backing as it is woven and cut to length, ‘velour’ or ‘plush’) all have a level surface pile creating U-shaped tufts to give a velvety of approx 5mm to 10mm height, which is then surface. The process locks in the fibre to sheared to give a smooth finish. With very create a carpet of high durability and little twist in the yarn, the ends blend together performance retention as well as a luxury which then further enhances the overall finish. feel. The process allows for intricate designs These carpets tend to ‘shade’ with heavy use. and colours to be used – although modern Footprints show easily and the colour looks trends mean that the traditional patterned different from place to place because fibres axminster has given way to current fashion lying in different directions reflect the light trends for plain carpets. differently. A luxury for occasional rooms.

Wilton CUT AND LOOP Wilton woven carpets are produced in a When some of the pile is cut and other left as similar way to axminsters – the principal loop, a variety of surface textures and patterns difference being that a continuous fibre is can be created (in a variety of colours). The woven all the way through. The carpet can multi-level surface is excellent for hiding be sheared to create a range of cut and footprints and stains so cut and loop is good loop textured effects. The result is a high for high traffic areas and general purpose quality carpet of unrivalled durability. rooms in the home.

Flat weave Shag pile – Shag pile has varied in popularity.

Manufactured in the same way as wilton, The pile is up to 50mm long and the texture flat weave is a loop pile which allows the is casual and loose but the surface can flatten yarn to be woven across a wider area to easily and may lack durability. created a flatter, more textured effect.

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Stocklists Classified The

SITUATIONS VACANT

WEST MIDLANDS & YORKSHIRE REGION AREA SALES MANAGERS

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An opportunity has arisen within the company for two self motivated individuals to act as our Area Sales Managers in the West Midlands & in the Yorkshire regions.

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The successful candidates must have sales experience in the flooring industry. A competitive salary plus commission is offered plus car, health insurance etc.

We are a company who believe in setting achievable targets and consequently most of our area managers receive regular commission payments with no upper limits.

Anyone interested should email their c.v. to graham@deltacarpets.com or contact our Sales Director, Stuart Ibbetson on 07973 287436

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BUSINESS FOR SALE UNDER RUGS

Topline Carpets & Flooring Ltd BUSINESS FOR SALE Established over 27 years, selling due to owner retiring.

Super Plus The Rug Tamer! Keeps Rugs In Their Place COMBINATION UNDERLAYS NEEDLEFELT UNDERLAYS For orders and further information, please ring P&R Ratcliffe (Underlays) Ltd. Burnley, Lancashire BB10 3BH Tel: 01282 421026, Fax: 01282 412321 www.foxirugtamer.co.uk

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â&#x20AC;˘ Good turnover & profit margins â&#x20AC;˘ Insurance contracts â&#x20AC;˘ Fully racked separate storage unit â&#x20AC;˘ Car park at rear â&#x20AC;˘ One bedroom flat above with existing tenant generating over ÂŁ5,000 per annum

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