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REALCO
CARPET & FLOORING
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Serving the Spring - Woodlands - Kingwood - 1960
Area Since 1995
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The "Mobile Show Room" That Comes To YOU!
Carpet Textures
Understanding a few simple basics about
carpet construction will help you make the right choice for your lifestyle
and budget.
Textured Plush
Most decoratively versatile cut-pile carpet
Textured surface helps hide footprints and vacuum marks
Adds casual beauty to any room
Looks great between vacuuming
Preferred style for busy households
A great "whole-house" carpet
Saxony
Refined cut-pile surface
Luxuriously smooth, soft finish
Beautiful with traditional interiors
Adds distinctive elegance to any room
Ideal for living and dining rooms
Shows subtle highlights and accents
Berber Loop-Pile
A wool-like look and rugged loop surface
Natural, hand-crafted appearance creates a warm, personal atmosphere
Tight loop texture helps hide footprints and vacuum marks
Subtle patterns fit a variety of room styles
Ideal choice for contemporary to country to cottage furnishings
Berber Cut-Pile
An exciting new berber look with all the
wonderful color and interest of traditional loop berbers
The great plush "feel" of thick, cut pile carpet
Beautifully crafted and colored yarns add personality to any room
Very versatile decoratively, ideal for casual rooms, kids' rooms, etc.
Subtle color flecks help hide soil that might appear between cleanings
Cut/Loop
Carved definition with cut-and-loop pile
Accent colors spice up floor surfaces
Multicolor effects hide soil and stains
Looks great between vacuuming
Choose from soft tonals to bolder color combinations
Commercial
Versatile styles blend comfortably with
any decor
Durable long-wearing surface pile engineered for high traffic areas
Intriguing color choices suitable for professional and practical installations
Textured surfaces provide subtle highlights
Fiber Selection
The esthetics and performance of carpet is similar to the fabric in your clothing. The type of fiber used, the construction of the cloth, and the color all play a role in the styling, cost, and performance of that garment.
All carpet yarn is manufactured from a Staple or Continuous Filament (BCF) fiber.
Staple fiber is a series of short, 6 to 7 inches in length, strings spun together to form one continuous filament. Several of these are twisted together to form a strand of yarn.
BCF fiber is a continuous filament manufactured as one long string. These are twisted and heatset together to form a strand of yarn.
Both of these processes create yarns that produce carpet products with distinctly different looks and characteristics.
Fiber Performance in Carpet
| Nylon(filament) | Nylon(staple) | Olefin(filament) |
Polyester(staple) |
Wool(staple) | |
| Durability | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Good |
| Resilience | Excellent | Excellent | Fair | Fair | Excellent |
| Stain Resistant* | Very Good | Very Good | Excellent | Very Good | Very Good |
| Soil Resistant** | Very Good | Very Good | Fair | Good | Very Good |
| Cleaning | Very Good | Very Good | Very Good | Good | Very Good |
| Available Colors | Excellent | Excellent | Fair | Very Good | Fair |
| Pilling & Fuzzing | Excellent | Fair | Very Good | Fair | Fair |
| Resistance to Household Cleaners | Very Good | Very Good | Excellent | Very Good | Good |
* assuming nylon is treated with a stain resistant chemical.
** assuming treatment with a soil resistant chemical.
Facts About the Carpet Industry as reported by the CRI
Call us today at 281-355-7657 or send us an email to quote@realcocarpet.com to set up an appointment for our sales team to come to you!
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