Carpet Flooring - Cavalier

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Total Flooring supply and fit an extensive range of bespoke carpets for all requirements.

Whether you seek a contemporary, classic, or a minimalist finish, we will be able to advise you on making the right choice for your room. Choose between patterned, plain, textured or a something different and unusual.

Total Flooring also boast the only NICF Carpet Master Fitter in Northumberland.

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Carpets have been produced in Britain since 1720, when a factory was established at Wilton in Wiltshire. The original carpets made at Wilton were a low loop pile construction known as ‘Brussels Weave’.

A development on this was a cut pile version which was then named after the town of Wilton. This new ‘Wilton Weave’ was then copied by other factories in Kidderminster and the rest of the country.

Later in 1755, Thomas Whitty started a factory at Axminster in Devon, making hand knotted carpets. He later mechanised his production as the industrial revolution began to take hold and in doing so, established the name of Axminster as synonymous with quality woven carpet. Both types of weaving were then produced in factories around the country as the carpet industry began to expand to fulfil a growing demand for its products worldwide.

In the early 1900s, an entirely new method of producing carpet was invented in America that is called tufted carpet. This method is based on the technique used to make candlewick bedspreads in which a piece of pre-woven cloth has tufts inserted into it, but it was not until 1940 that this new method was used to produce broadloom carpet.

Modern technology has allowed incredible progress to be made in yarn construction and also developments in modern plant and machinery has provided the opportunity to bring even more sophisticated products to enhance the comfort of your home.

In many commercial locations, such as high-rise office blocks, it was necessary to design a floor covering which could be transported to these locations and in the 1960s the first Carpet Tiles were produced. Carpet Tiles are produced in sheet for and then stamped out to the required size (usually 50cm x 50cm).

The development of computers, which required under-floor access, has made the Carpet Tile the best option in this type of location, as they can be easily lifted on an individual basis, to provide such access, with the minimum of disruption to the business.