High Tog Carpet

For over 30 years stainmaster carpets have been designed for the way you live because they re stain and soil resistant quick and easy to clean and durable for proven performance.

High tog carpet.

Every home is different so ask our experts in store to help you understand exactly what it is you need. We recommend that the combined tog rating of carpet and underlay doesn t exceed 2 5. A low rating is perfect for use with under floor heating while a high rating means the carpet and underlay already offer good insulation and therefore isn t suitable for under floor heating. Both underlay and carpet carry a tog rating.

Nance carpet and rug versapad 180 sq. At the opposite end of the scale you may have already thought about keeping the warmth in your home using underfloor heating. Get to know the basics below to decide which options are best for your home and lifestyle. Put simply the higher the tog rating the greater the insulation.

Lowe s exclusively sells stainmaster carpet to meet your home design needs. The tog of the carpet tells you how insulated it is generally the lower the tog the less insulation it provides so opt for a low tog carpet if you have underfloor heating. Both the carpet and the underlay will have a separate tog rating and a combined rating over 2 0 isn t really suitable for underfloor heating. What is carpet tog.

Just like putting insulation in the loft the high tog rating of any carpet underlay will do a great job of keeping the warmth in your home. In short form the higher the tog value material or carpet has the more it will retain heat and the better it will be at insulating. Carpet density is basically a combination of height and thickness. Together they are key factors in your carpet s look and feel and they also influence its resilience and durability.

Carpets with a lower tog rating are ideal for rooms with underfloor heating whereas higher tog ratings are better for typically colder areas. Ultimately saving on the energy bills. A material with a high tog value would make an excellent winter coat as it would retain a large proportion of your body s heat while wearing it while a coat manufactured from a low tog rated material would be better suited for use in warmer seasons as it would allow a far greater amount of your body s heat to radiate away while being worn. A tog is the unit of measurement we use to show a material s or carpet s thermal insulating property.

The higher a material s tog rating the more effective it will be at retaining heat and the better it will be as an insulating material.