Builder grade residential and commercial carpets.
Builder grade carpet weight.
In general the higher the weight the better the carpet.
That way you will know what you are actually buying and what you can.
Avoid judging a carpet by its weight however when it comes to builder s carpet that may be virtually all you have to go by.
This is because most builder s grade carpet has a face weight of only about 25 to 32 ounces.
When you upgrade with a builder before buying a home your carpet weight will increase slightly perhaps up to a 30 ounce berber or a 40 ounce saxony carpet but you re still not going to get the truly high weight.
Residential carpet grades explained.
Most builders typically use a plush carpet in bedrooms and often use them throughout the house except in the kitchen and bathrooms.
These low cost carpets are only designed to last 3 to 5 years at best.
Weight and carpet style.
The face weight is the number of ounces of fiber in a square yard of carpet.
Builder s grade carpet will typically be a wall to wall.
The higher the face weight the plusher and stronger the carpet.
Obviously styles of carpet are constructed differently and you cannot make comparisons of two different construction styles based solely on face weight for example berbers tend to have lower face weights than saxonies because of their low pile and relatively low number of fibers a very good quality berber carpet might have the same face weight as a saxony of.
The length of the pile can affect this number.
High quality carpet the type that lasts at least 12 years and often more has a face weight of 38.
High quality carpet the type that lasts at least 12 years and often more has a face weight of 38 ounces or more.
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Property professionals managers and end users.
There are at least 3 grades of low end carpets designed for apartments and rental property and is typically called builder grade or apartment grade carpet.