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BENEFITS
OF CARPET
Carpet - nothing looks like it, feels like it
or performs like it. Carpet is a key decorative and
functional element in a home or business. Carpet - It just
feels better.

Carpet provides an added measure of warmth and insulation
with its millions of fibers and places between them to hold
warmth or to insulate against extreme heat or cold. It's
warmer to sit on or work on, providing more stable
temperatures for foot and leg comfort near the floor. In
colder climates or seasons, it retains warm air longer, an
important benefit in our energy-conscious world. In warm
climates, it also insulates against invasive heat.
When the insulation value is important, the
carpet's label may offer an "R-value," and a cushion label
may offer one, as well. When the carpet R-value is not
available, we suggest multiplying the total carpet
thickness measured in inches by a factor of 2.6 to
approximate the carpet's R-value. The R-values are additive
for any combination of materials. For example, a combination
of carpet with an R-value of 1.3 and a prime polyurethane
cushion with an R-value of 1.6 will yield an overall R-value
of 2.9.
Because carpet is a foundation of decorating, covering a
large quantity of the surface of our living spaces, it is an
important consideration in the overall scheme of color and
texture. It can provide simplicity and casualness for
softness and liveability; or it can provide pizzazz with
vibrant color and heavier textures for making a decorating
"statement." Carpet can be one of the easiest ways to
personalize an environment - its color can be a neutral
foundation "in the background," or it can be a vibrant focal
point.
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