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Fiber Shapes

Over the years, brand name fiber manufactures and carpet mills that make their own in-house fibers have developed various shapes to achieve different performance characteristics for the different types of carpet. This is a review of the evolution of the various fiber...

Carpet Traffic and Wear Patterns

As I travel the world inspecting, repairing, cleaning and teaching others how to care for the carpet, one of the biggest concerns I see on a regular basis is traffic or wear patterns. The following is my opinion based on 30 plus years of working with carpet on how...

Employee Background Checks – How Far Should You Go?

In May of every year, I’m reminded of an article that I penned over a decade ago. That’s because it’s the anniversary of the senseless and tragic murder of a beautiful young woman at the hands of an in-home service worker, in this case a so-called carpet cleaner. I...