CARPET
Quiet, warm, and built to absorb a household's day.
Wool and synthetic broadloom plus modular carpet tile. Bedrooms, theatres, basements, stair runners — the rooms people miss carpet in after they tear it out and don't replace it.
What to look at
Characteristics that decide the spec.
The properties below shape every carpet consultation — what we narrow on, in roughly the order it comes up.
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Fiber
Wool is naturally flame-resistant and recovers from compression in ways synthetics still can't quite match. Nylon and triexta carry stain resistance and a wider colour range. The choice is room and household.
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Construction
Looped pile wears slowly and shows traffic patterns less. Cut pile reads softer and richer underfoot. Density (stitches per area) outpredicts almost everything else for longevity.
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Underlay
A good carpet over a thin underlay feels worse than a mid-range carpet over the right underlay — and wears out faster. We spec underlay as part of the install, never as an upsell at the end.
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Stair-rated construction
Stairs are the highest-wear surface in most homes. We use stair-rated constructions, proper tackless installation, and reinforced nose detailing — not the same broadloom you'd put in a bedroom.
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Indoor air
Modern carpets emit very little once installed and ventilated. Sealed-system HEPA vacuuming handles most allergen concerns. Low-VOC and natural-fibre options exist if this matters to the household.
How we work with this material
What good looks like.
Carpet succeeds or fails on the install as much as on the carpet itself. Seam placement matters — the wrong seam in a sight line shows for the life of the floor. Stretch matters — under-stretched carpet ripples, over-stretched carpet wears at the contact points. We plan seams against traffic patterns and sight lines, not against whichever direction the broadloom comes off the roll.
Underlay is the other half of the install. We spec underlay for thickness, density, and moisture resistance against the subfloor and the room — never the cheapest pad in the warehouse. A good carpet over the right underlay outperforms a premium carpet over a thin one, at a real cost difference of a few hundred dollars.
If you're choosing carpet, tell us how the room is used — sleep, play, host, work — and what's allergic in the household. The construction, fibre, and pile we recommend will look different for a primary bedroom than for a basement theatre, and the conversation usually decides itself once those two pieces of context are on the table.
Suppliers we work with
- Mohawk
- ShawContract
- Olympia Tile
Talk through your carpet project.
Tell us a little about the room — square footage if you have it, timeline if you have one, and what you're starting with. We'll come back with the next step.