The Invista group has a new innovation with the STAINMASTER yarn. They have been a leader in soft long lasting yarn for carpeting. They can out with the Tactesse fiber in 1999 & then followed with a even nice yarn call Luxerell in 2008. Now the TruSoft will certainly blow your mind. The TruSoft products by STAINMASTER will be hitting the market this spring.

The STAINMASTER TruSoft feels like a soft cotton bathroom rug. The difference is that it is design to perform in the demanding home environments like the other sister products STAINMASTER has offered in the past. This even softer yarn will carry the same warranties as the offer STAINMASTER product & will deliver on the promise of the STAINMASTER brand.

It seem that the higher end flooring produces are selling well these days & as always the customers are happier. As we read though the Floor Covering News, it is confirmed that the industry is showing a increase in sales on the higher grade products. The flooring manufacture must of seen it coming because they are offering more selections in there broadloom carpets, and in the resilient market. We have seen a pick up over the last few year in the higher grade products.

We believe the higher grade flooring is up due to the residential homeowners are upgrading there existing homes instead of building a new home. It seem that when people build a new home the flooring is the last thing they have to choose, and the budget is blown at this point on all the other upgrade. We always hate to see people compromise on the flooring because we know that there is not another product they will put in their home that will take the abuses that the flooring takes. It always seems to pay dividends to use upgrade products.

We have been buying Truckloads of great deals on all types of flooring. The problem is that we end up with lots of leftover flooring and it is taking up too much space. We must clear out the extra floor covering in order to continue to purchase the unbeatable truckload deals. So we have come up with some solutions to move out the excess flooring and give our customers just a little more value.

Our win win solution to the excess flooring in stock is to offer these products at far below our cost every Saturday from 12-to 4. We will be alternating the deals each week. We will be offering carpet remnants starting at $19.95 for 1210?s, Ceramic tile starting at .10cent per sq ft. Laminates thresholds for $2.00 each, Hardwood deals, 46 area rugs for $5.00. We will get creative to get rid of the inventory that is in our way. So if you want some giveaway flooring deals, come by on Saturday between 12-4pm. We will be glad for you gain & your help making space for Wilmington?s next flooring deals.

Do You Know? Flooring Basics?

You must be careful and take a moment to understand the flooring basics about floor covering before you make your flooring purchases. Flooring is not normally an inexpensive part of your investment. If you know some of the basics, it will pay you a great return for a little bit of time invested in learning the flooring facts. Whether you are investing in your dream home, a rental property, commercial project or investment property you might be preparing to sell we are going to give you a wealth of simple facts that will help you make a good decision on your flooring purchase.

There are many variables to consider. First you must ask yourself what purpose you want the floors to serve. Some questions to ask if you are thinking about buying carpeting: What type fiber is the carpet made of? What carpet is best for allergies? What carpets have the best stain protection? Which carpets have the best soil resistance? What makes one carpet wear better that another? You really need to know the pros and cons of each product. There are many details to consider about each question.

You can go to floors-direct.org to get more in depth detail. For now here are some answers to some of the questions above. A better carpet for allergies is a continuous filament yarn system. A carpet with continuous filament produces less dust than a staple yarn system. Although continuous filament is better; the human body is complex beyond imagination so allergies may persist. When considering the differences between carpet fibers, it is good to know and understand the differences.

The most wearable yarn is wool and it is also normally one of the most expensive products. Nylon is the most wearable synthetic yarn. Nylon does not wear as good as wool but it comes at a little less cost than wool carpets. Nylon is consider to be one of the more premium fibers that competes with polyester, olefin, and other new fiber technologies. Polyester carpet will normally give the consumers a lot of apparent value. Polyester is a less expensive yarn with good fade resistance, bright colors, and good stain resistance. Polyester is not known for the best wear qualities although the carpeting industry is making some new advancements. The are now some fibers that are offering a complete stain proof fiber that claim to be as wearable as nylon.

As for hardwood flooring there are some basics to know that will insure you the right choice when purchasing. Because hardwood flooring is one of the best floor coverings you can invest in and many times will last the life of the home, you really want to consider your options. There are many little details that make a big difference when buying hardwood floors.

Here are some details you may consider. What type of construction is most stable and practical for you area, solid hardwood or engineered hardwood? Which will least likely give you a problem? What are some of the things to consider with solid and engineered hardwood floors? What are the differences between solid hardwood and engineered hardwood? What is the difference between the grades of wood used to make the hardwood? What drives the prices up or down on hardwood floors and why?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of hardwood flooring finishes? Which hardwood flooring will be more practical for a family that has large dogs? What are the differences between the different hardwood installation procedures? What are the differences in hardness rating between hardwood flooring products? With a flooring product like hardwood floors you should really consider some of the basic trade offs.

There are many blogs like we have on floors-direct.org that will have topics on many of the questions above, that will help you make the best investment and find the most practical hardwood floor for you. We have worked with many people over the years that had purchased hardwood flooring with no real information before doing so, or just some bad non helpful information that led them to a point of dissatisfaction. It seems like there is a lot of information to gather but with so much cost involved in purchasing hardwood floors you want to get it right the first time.

Just knowing some of the right questions to ask your salesperson is a big head start in the right direction. One more tip to remember when buying your flooring is to make sure the salesperson you are working with has great interest in knowing some detail of your lifestyle, your likes and your dislikes. For this is vital information in deciding on the right flooring to choose for your project.

We have joked with our carpet reps from Mohawk for years about there strong push on the yarn system used on their carpeting. We see many different flooring product promoted each year and most time we don?t buy in on the hype when new products are pushed. Many time hype is all it is and the products are over sold. It has taken a while, but we are really starting to buy into the value that Dupont Sorona is offering.

Our reps finally got tired of all our skeptical comments about their products and the brought in the big guns to do a on site presentation. The asked us to get our best Stainmaster carpet to go up against the Dupont Sorona (Smart strand) carpet. The results where surprising. The Mohawk Carpet Reps put bleach, iodine, grape jam, red wine, blue toilet bowl cleaner on the two carpets. Then we let the stains set in on the carpet for 20 minutes. After the 20 minutes we used a small extractor with room temperature water to clean the two carpets. Doing the same amount of stroke on each carpet, the results were night & day difference apart. The Stainmaster carpet had some improvement. The stains did not touch the Sorona Carpet. If you need a carpet that you do not have to worry about the stains, we can truly say the the Smartstrand Sorona yarn system is superior to most other product on the market.

This demo changed our minds about the value of the stain qualities. We are normally slow to buy into all the new products and improvements being sold in the flooring industry. This fiber is not really a totally new one. This fiber has been out for a right good while, but it was just embrace by Mohawk with in the last decade.

The Mohawk reps really seem to believe in the product.Most of the reps we have talked to across the Southeastern region have the Dupont Sorona in their own homes. We figured at first they had been given too much of the marketing Kool-aid.

The wearable test puts the Dupont Sorona up there with the most wearable synthetic carpet fiber (Nylon). We are total believer on the stain qualities and we are growing in our confidence in the wear qualities of this fiber. We will be writing on our investigation of the wear qualities of the Dupont Sorona Smartstrand in part 3 of this blog.