You look into it more and the misleading carpet fibers are twice as tall as the durable carpet.
Carpet oz weight.
Berber for example is most likely going to outperform a 28 oz.
Even here though there are limitations to how much emphasis to place on.
Most carpets have a face weight somewhere between 20 ounces and 100 ounces but the average face weight for a residential carpet is about 35 to 60 ounces.
Fiber face weight is not the same as total carpet weight which includes the weight of the carpet backing and the fiber face weight.
Don t use one factor alone as an indicator of a carpet s overall quality.
A higher face weight means more yarn says grable and more yarn makes for a longer lasting product as an example within one product line the good level carpet has a face weight of 40 oz.
And i think you can see where i m going with this.
Judging carpet quality.
The best level weighs in at 63 oz.
For example a carpet with a 50 ounce face weight and a pile height of 1 2 an inch would have a density of 3 600 ounces per cubic yard 50 x 36 0 5 3 600.
The face weight of the carpet has no value as a criterion when comparing carpets of different styles but it is of some value when comparing two carpets in the same construction category.