CARPET & CARPET TILES


BROADLOOM OR TILE, WHAT RULES THE CARPET ROOST?


Carpet and carpet tiles present two very different propositions, but with the same ambition, to enhance the user experience of the interior.


Axminster woven carpets from Wilton Carpets Commercial are now providing stunning looks and superb underfoot comfort for guests throughout the Grand Ballroom, Champagne Lounge and upon the grand staircase, as well as within meeting rooms, meeting room corridors, the first floor corridor and bedroom corridors of the Grand Central Hotel Glasgow.


Fast turnaround semi-bespoke woven axminster from Axminster Carpets and its Ready to Weave concept, provides a multi-purpose 850m2 banqueting suite with a unique aesthetic that looks great whether cricket hospitality or corporate meeting, delivering functionality and beauty with a contemporary style befitting of the interior ambience of the building


From creating a welcoming atmosphere to navigation throughout the building, carpet and carpet tiles play a pivotal role in the interior, perhaps more than many of us consciously realise. Breaks in pattern, changes of colour, textures and shifts from one flooring type to another all send us signals about where we are and where to head; while the underfoot comfort, sound absorption and warmth of carpets go to soothe city weary legs, focus busy minds and enhance an individual’s comfort.


All these factors combined go to make carpet an


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excellent choice for the majority of locations, except where practical considerations rather than those of user experience are the prerequisite. Of course, carpet can juxtapose with these flooring materials too and by its very nature, contrasts with these smooth or hard surfaces to create a feeling of welcome invitation. Users ‘cross’ from a purely practical and functional floor onto a floor that considers their needs equally as the needs of the space in which they find themselves.


This contrast and juxtaposition of carpet with


other flooring materials is becoming an increasingly familiar method of delineating an interior space and in many instances it has done much to highlight just how well carpet enhances user experience - a perceivable drop in background noise being one of the most obvious indicators of carpet’s excellent performance. In some instances, interiors have even moved away from hard flooring, such as wood or laminate, back to carpet simply because the trade-off in user experience was considered too great. In the main, carpet simply provides a more usable and comfortable environment for building users.


So what are the advantages of one type of carpet other another? Well, it probably has more to do with convention and habit rather than any major performance


differences. In hotel and leisure environments broadloom carpet is the norm and always has been, while in offices and public sector environments the flexibility and ease of carpet tiles are relied upon, even when access to under floor services isn’t required. Carpet tiles are just easier to replace, less fussy if


you will, in environments that are pretty hard on their floors. Whether carpet or carpet tile, the fundamental attributes of underfoot comfort, sound absorption and thermal insulation remain, albeit in varying degrees.


Carpet in hospitality


and leisure Broadloom carpet has a chief advantage over carpet tiles in these environments as it offers specifiers a floor covering that flows throughout the space. Designs and pattern repeats can be lifted beyond the restraints of a square format and with the current trend for large scale pattern repeats this becomes even more apparent. Broadloom carpets offer a more luxurious less workman-like air to the space too, and this is particularly the case with woven axminster carpets.


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