Olefin is a low cost easy care material that s often used as an indoor and outdoor carpet.
High quality cheap carpet.
Whether your carpet needs to stand up to heavy or light foot traffic proper care will allow its quality look and feel to last for years to come.
Low pile carpet has short fibers that look and feel flat and dense.
Carpet will typically be classified as low pile carpet medium pile carpet or high pile carpet.
Excessive heat like dropping a hot pan on the surface can cause burn marks or melt the fibers.
It is usually pre treated to resist fading.
When made into a cut pile saxony carpet it is best suited for low traffic areas as it is not very resilient.
The most common residential carpet styles include saxony berber frieze and cut and loop.
Higher quality nylon fibers are branded and the carpet label will use terms like 100 mohawk nylon or 100 stainmaster tactesse lower quality unbranded nylon fibers are listed simply as 100 nylon the strongest and softest type and most expensive is 6 6 nylon.
When determining the quality and durability of carpet start by finding out its pile height and face weight.
The style of the carpet can influence its performance.
Pile height is the height of the carpet fibers excluding the backing.
Compared to nylon it is softer and less expensive but not as durable.
Olefin polypropylene is one of the least expensive carpet fiber options.
However it is strongest in a looped form such as in a berber or in a level loop commercial style.