When you go to a store to buy a machine-made or hand-woven carpet, you will usually be provided with significant information from professional sellers. But it is better for you to get enough information about the important points that you should keep in mind before buying this product. In this section, 10 important points that can ensure a safe purchase for you will be fully explained.
✅ Care to the dimensions of the room or location of the carpet
This point is considered as the most important thing that you should pay attention to while buying any type of carpet. Unfortunately, many carpet buyers do not pay attention to this point and buy carpets that after being spread in the desired space, part of it is not spread on the floor and the carpet will be damaged and broken due to folding. To prevent such problems, it is better to make the dimensions of the carpet smaller than the dimensions of the room or space you want and cover the remaining space with carpets, floor coverings, or similar items.
✅ The purpose of using carpet
The fact that you use the carpet in which part of the house and for what purpose is very influential in choosing the carpet you want. For example, if the carpet will be spread in the living room or in a place where you walk around with shoes, it should not be chosen from examples with a light background because it will get dirty easily and after a short time. On the other hand, the people who travel on this carpet will also be important. This means that buying carpets for children and adults is different. This difference includes the size, type of map, color and even the desired carpet material.
✅ yarn quality and materials used in carpet production
Machine and hand-woven carpets are woven from different threads. Each of these threads has a special durability in color according to the type of thread. This difference exists even among the examples of machine-made carpets. For example, carpets that are woven from 100% acrylic yarns have lower quality and durability than carpets that are woven using combined yarns with polyester or polypropylene.
✅ Considering the uniformity of color when buying a carpet
Some machine-made carpets may change color during weaving in the factory, and some parts may have color differences with other parts of the carpet. Therefore, when buying machine-made carpets, it is necessary to check the uniformity of the color completely. This work will be better if it is done in the vicinity of natural light, and the clarity and uniformity of its color can be examined in different parts.
✅ Pay attention to the longitudinal and transverse carpet density
All carpets have 2 transverse density or shoulder and longitudinal density. Transverse density is equal to the number of knots in the width of the carpet. For example, a 500 comb carpet has 500 knots per 1 meter. Quality carpets have a higher number of these knots and, in other words, have more shoulders. Longitudinal density is the same as transverse density and means the number of knots along the length of the carpet. For a 700 comb rug, there should be about 2550 knots along the length of the rug.
✅ Carpet Review
Although checking the part on the carpet is very important, you should not neglect to check the back part of the carpet. This part should be thoroughly checked for the impact of the wefts, the density and uniformity of the design, and also for not having any traces of damaged or repaired tears.
✅ Pay attention to the quality of the lint
In a quality carpet, the piles are soft, shiny, flexible and durable. If the carpet you are looking for has rough, long, too soft or inconsistent piles, it is of low quality and it is better to reconsider your purchase.
✅ Carpet Originality
All of us pay attention to the validity and authenticity of the product brand, along with its other features, when buying any product. This is also true when buying a carpet. Reputable brands, in order to keep their customers, will never start producing low-quality carpets. On the other hand, in case of customer dissatisfaction after purchase or creating any problem for the carpet, they usually provide reliable after-sales service. Therefore, do not sacrifice quality for quantity and if there are two samples of carpets from two different companies, make your choice from the company that has more credibility and a brighter history.
