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Carpet King the areas leading supplier of all flooring products: Carpet, Hardwood, Ceramic, Laminate, Vinyl,
Custom VCT as well as Oriental Rugs, Custom made Area Rugs and Runners.
If it can be installed on a floor Carpet King has it.
Carpet King's installations are the
highest quality available. We guarantee ALL of our work for as long as
you own your flooring. Carpet King will also stand behind you. Our
Customer, to handle any manufacturers warranty problems that might
occur. Carpet King is a Family owned and operated business for
over 15 years. We service South Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware and
Northern Maryland. With unsurpassed workmanship and pricing we
are your #1 Flooring Store.
"LET US TREAT YOU LIKE ROYALTY"
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Antistatic A carpet's ability to dissipate an electrostatic charge before it reaches a level that a person can feel.
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Backing The
fabric and yarns that make up the side of the carpet that lays next to
the floor. In tufted carpets there are two types of backing.
Primary backing
a woven or nonwoven fabric through which the yarn is inserted by the tufting needles.
Secondary backing
Fabric that is laminated to the back of the carpet to reinforce it.
Berber A
loop-pile carpet that offers great durability, a full comfortable
texture and a casual, informal look. Often, these carpets incorporate
flecks of color that contrast with the primary hue. The term Berber has
expanded to include many level and multi-level loop carpet styles.
Binding A special stitch, band, or strip sewn over a carpet edge to protect and/or decorate it.
Bulked Continuous Filament (BCF) Strands
of synthetic fiber (such as nylon or olefin) that have been formed into
bundles of yarn. The fibers have undergone a texturizing procedure that
makes the formerly straight filaments either kinked or curled.
Cc
Cable
Carpet with casual cut pile construction featuring chunky tufts and long pile height.
Carpet
Carpet King carries all major brands including Shaw,
Mohawk, Aladdin, Beaulieu, Krause and many more. Our Family Installers
are second to none, which is evident in our lifetime guarantee. Nobody
Beats Carpet Kings Prices, NOBODY!
Ceramic
Carpet Kings ceramic manufacturers are limited to Mohawk and Shaw;
however we do offer a very large variety of styles and colors. Carpet
Kings ceramic and porcelains are the highest quality as well as most up
to date colors and styles. Our workmanship guarantee also covers our
ceramic installations so we will not take any short cuts. Your ceramic
floor will only be installed in a manor that will give you, our
customer, the best performance and greatest satisfaction. Don't let
anyone tell you there is a cheaper way to do ceramic because cheaper
also means less quality.
Cushion The
material placed under a carpet for softness and support. It helps
reduce noise, increase insulation benefits, and contributes to a softer
feel underfoot. Purchasing an incorrect type of cushion may invalidate
your warranty. Also known as padding or underlay.
Cut pile A carpet in which the yarn loops are cut to create a textured look and feel.
Pattern Cut Pile
Made from saxony yarn,
this carpet features a sophisticated look created by running cut pile
and loop pile on a level pile height. 
Dd
Density
This describes the amount of fiber or yarn in a
carpet and how close the tufts of fiber are to each other. In general,
the denser the pile, the better the performance.
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Ff
Filament
A single, continuous strand of natural (such as wool) or synthetic (such as nylon) fiber.
Fluffing Loose
fiber fragments remaining from the manufacturing process that appear on
a carpet surface. This condition is remedied by vacuuming and carpet
use. Also known as "fuzzing" or "shedding".
Frieze Tightly curled or twisted yarn that gives carpet a textured appearance good for hiding footprints. Pronounced free-zay.
Fuzzing Occurs when fibers from the carpet slip out of the yarn with use or sometimes after wet cleaning.
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Gauge
The distance between two needle points in knitted or tufted carpet. It is usually expressed in fractions of an inch.
Hh
Hand How a carpet feels.
Hardwood
Carpet King is very proud to
carry only the best hardwoods. Our line includes: Mirage, Shaw, BR111,
Lyptus and Harris Tarkett. By carrying the top of the line. Carpet King
can be sure of customer satisfaction and high quality results. Also the
higher quality product has less defects and less waste, which results
in saving for our customer. An average or builders grade hardwood
will have more knots, bows and splits, which creates a need to purchase
about 10% more wood than needed, resulting in a higher cost. The
Carpet King Family will always look after our Customers Best Interest.
Heat setting A
process that sets the twist in a carpet pile with heat or steam. This
process allows fibers to hold their twist over time, allowing them to
bounce back with great resilience whenever they are stepped on.
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Laminates
Carpet Kings laminate selection is
second to none. Carrying a large selection of high quality flooring.
Our manufacturers: Wilsonart, Alloc, BHK, Shaw, Quickstep and Hams
Tarkett offer a wide range of styles and price grades. Carpet
King stands behind their workmanship and we only use manufacturers that
stand behind their products. Again only the Best for our
Customers.
Level loop The fiber in the carpet is stitched in uncut loops of the same size. It creates a smooth, level surface.
Loop pile The fiber in the carpet is looped and uncut. Can be either level loop or multi-level loop.
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Pp
Pile The
visible surface of a carpet, consisting of yarn or fiber tufts in loops
that can be either cut or uncut. Also known as the "face" or "nap" of a
carpet.
Pilling A
condition, often caused by heavy use, in which fibers from different
tufts of carpet become entangled in one another forming hard fiber
masses or "pills." These pills can be cut off with scissors.
Plush A
cut pile carpet in which the individual carpet fibers appear to be cut
the same length. The carpet offers a smooth, luxurious surface.
Power Stretcher A tool used to install residential carpet that prevents wrinkles and ripples.
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Resilience The ability of carpet pile or cushion to recover its original appearance and thickness after continued use.
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Saxony The
carpet fiber loops are cut and twisted to create a relatively dense,
consistent look. Saxony carpet presents a smooth, luxurious surface and
is generally for formal settings.
Seams The
line formed by joining two pieces of carpet. The pieces can be sewn
together, or fastened with various seaming tapes or other adhesives.
Shading A
change in the appearance of a carpet due to distortions in the
orientation of fibers, tufts or loops that make up the carpet pile.
This is not an actual change in the color of the carpet, but a
difference in light reflection.
Sisal A
type of woven floor covering originally made of vegetable fibers such
as grass and jute. Now synthetic alternatives are available that offer
a more comfortable feel as well as interesting textures, patterns and
prints.
Soil retardant A chemical finish applied to carpet fibers or surfaces that inhibits the attachment of soil.
Sprouting The raising up of an individual tuft or fiber above the level of the pile. These may be cut with scissors.
Stitches The number of yarn tufts per running inch of a single row in a tufted carpet.
Stretch-in The procedure for installing residential carpet over a separate cushion using a tackless strip with a power-stretcher.
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Tackless trip Wood
or metal strips fastened to the floor near the walls. The strips have
two or three rows of pins angled up toward the walls on which carpet
backing is fastened during a stretch-in installation.
Tuft bind The force required to pull a tuft from a carpet.
Tufted A
method of manufacturing carpet. Tufts of fiber are inserted through a
carpet backing to create a pile of cut and/or loop ends.
Twist Winding the fiber around itself to strengthen a fiber's resistance to crushing.
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Underlay The cushion or padding that lays underneath rugs.
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Vinyl & VCT (VCTis vinyl composition tile)
Carpet Kings unbelievable selection of sheet vinyl and custom vinyl
tiles is one of the largest in the area. We carry the best in the
business, Domco, Tarkett, Karndean, Nafco, Johnsonite, and Armstrong,
just to name a few. Our vinyl installations are second to none. The
only way to install a vinyl floor is the right way. Any short cuts will
result in a poor finished product as well as a loss of warranty and
life of your floor. Why save a couple of pennies so you can spend a lot
to replace your floor because of poor performance. Talk to the Family
members at Carpet King, we will only give honest, straight forward information.
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Woven Carpet
that is manufactured on a weaving loom in which the lengthwise yarns
and widthwise yarns are interlocked to form a fabric.
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Yarn Ply The number of single fibers twisted together to form a plied yarn.
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