Carpet tiles

Carpet tiles were originally invented in Netherlands and are variously termed as tile carpet, modular carpet or carpet squares.

Tile carpets are used for floor coverings and are an attractive and practical solution to your flooring problems! Just like floor tiles, these are used to cover wide areas of the floor imparting an element of compactness in the décor.

Carpet tilling comes in a huge variety of materials and stunning colors! Carpet floor tiles are technologically advanced and aesthetically pleasing. Carpet floor tiles have to meet the following international standard specifications so that they can be installed safely and provide optimum floor protection! The specifications include- dimensional stability, sound absorption, wear performance, colorfastness, thermal insulation, fire resistance and antistatic properties.

Carpet tiling can be applied both indoors and outdoors. Each type of carpet tile has a specific making suited for particular flooring areas and is used to cover floor areas in a variety of places such as carpet tiles can be used multifariously in homes, schools, office and hotel lobbies, shops, sport centers, gyms, restaurants, terraces, balconies, multiplexes, airport walkways, hospitals, and so on!

Some frequently used floor carpet tiles are:

• Nylon or polyamide or PA
  
• Polypropylene or PP
  
• Needle felt or fiber bonded
  
• Woven vinyl

Nylon or PA carpet tiles: these are super durable, available in several yarn constructions such as straight loop, multi-level loop and cut piles. You can apply these carpet tiles in medium to high traffic commercial areas.

PP carpet tiles: these are mostly used in low to medium traffic commercial areas.

Needlefelt carpet tiles: these are high wear and dirt resistant. Specially designed for entry areas, schools, trade fairs and shopping areas.

Woven vinyl tiles: these are highly durable, easy-maintenance and fire resistant. It is well endowed with anti-slip properties. Thus these carpet floor tiles are perfect for wet and humid conditions and are usually applied in areas subjected to tremendous wear and tear such as in schools, shopping malls, sport centers, gyms, restaurants, offices and hotel lobbies, etc.!

You can install brightly colored carpet tiling in varied designs and styles that match with your home interiors! Carpet floor tiles are suitable for all rooms of the house particularly the kid’s room, but you can’t obviously apply them in the kitchen and bathroom. Woven vinyl tiles are ideal to be used for home flooring!

Tiled carpet unlike other types of floor tiles can be easily installed without hiring professionals! Before laying the tiles you need to have the floor cleaned, dried and properly leveled.

You will need a pair of large sharp scissors to cut the tiles to size, and a double-sided carpet tape. The other tools include a cutting board and measuring tape. Isn’t that so simple and easy? Carpet tiling just enhance your floor décor in a cost-effective manner, as they don’t cost you a fortune!

Carpet floor tiles can be easily cleaned through daily brushing and vacuuming! No need to hire professional cleaners! If you spill food or drinks, don’t have to panic! Just wipe it with a sponge or cloth wetted in soap water! Wipe again with a dry sponge or cloth to remove the excess water!

Maintaining carpet tile floors is so much hassle-free! They do not shrink, bend out of shape or become discolored. They are longer lasting.

So carpet floor tiles have revolutionized floor décor in an altogether innovative, aesthetically appealing and technologically sound manner!