Woven Backed Carpet

Performance backing this backing represents a higher standard of backing and delivers more dimensional stability and strength than standard backing.

Woven backed carpet.

Woven backed carpets are in a traditional style with a hard wearing backing made by the carpet pile being woven into a primary backing material. Fusionbac is a unique premium carpet backing. That is the backing that you will see on probably 90 of the carpets you look at. This eliminates the need for a secondary backing usually hessian or felt leaving a flexible easy to fit carpet.

A small amount of latex back coating is usually applied for bulk. Some of the more popular residential carpet backings are listed below. Pile refers to the height of the fiber and is also referred to as face or nap. Wilton woven backing adds a robust back and helps create a clear and consistent pattern.

It is strong and stable as well as soft and insulating. Most backings today are made of a woven polypropylene such as propex s action bac. We have a wide range of underlay available here. Single fibers are spun together to create two three or four ply yarn which is then attached to a woven backing.

Usually found on broadloom carpeting. Carpets can be produced on a loom quite similarly to woven fabric made using needle felts knotted by hand in oriental rugs made with their pile injected into a backing material called tufting flatwoven made by hooking wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric or embroidered. The little backing material is necessary according to the carpet and rug institute cri but some latex coating is applied to the bottom for bulk. For example if you move into an old house and the carpet has been down a number of years then the chances are it will have a jute style under body.

It s the carpet material itself. Woven backed carpets should always be fitted over any underlay and a good underlay can enhance the feel and insulation of your carpet. Available in woven and non woven constructions. Jute is the old fashioned backing which high quality carpets would have boasted.

Ideally used in low traffic settings. You can even help improve the life span of your carpet with a quality underlay. Woven carpet is created on looms by simultaneously interlacing face yarns and backing yarns into a complete product thereby eliminating the need for a secondary backing. It is made by fusing together a fleece layer and a woven polypropylene backing.

As you re looking for your perfect carpet it s important to understand the following carpet terms. That is the backing you see when you look at a carpet sample. Carpet is commonly made in widths of 12 feet 3 7 m and 15 feet 4 6 m in the us and 4 m 13 ft and 5 m 16 ft in europe.