Carpet Pile Direction In A Room

Carpet pile has to do with the density of the carpet fibers that are used to create the weave on rugs and carpets.

Carpet pile direction in a room.

Ideally you would install carpet on stairs as if the roll were rolling down the stairs. Place the face of the knee kicker against the carpet about 3 away from the wall and forcefully strike the padded end to stretch the carpet over the tackless strips. Pile varies from one carpet design to another ranging from a right flat pile all the way to a long shag pile. If the surface of the carpet feels smooth when your hand is moving away from the window then the pile is running in the right direct.

The basics of measuring how much carpet you need direction of the pile. Carpet pile should run in the same direction throughout the house sweeping towards the main entrance. Due to the nature of the carpet this is the direction it should be installed whether on the floor or stairs. Attach the first edge of the carpet attach the carpet to the tackless strips at one end of the room using the knee kicker.

The most important rule in carpet is that you must always keep the carpet running in the same. Look at your carpet from one end of the room then walk to the other end and turn around and look back at the carpet. If gratings have elongated openings then they shall be placed so that the long dimension is perpendicular to the dominant direction of travel. If the carpet has a pattern ensure it looks square from the doorway.

Along with carpet thickness the length of the individual fibers used in the weave also determines the carpet pile. Generally seams should run in the same direction as most foot traffic. By running your hand over the carpet you can tell in which direction the pile runs. If gratings are located in walking surfaces then they shall have spaces no greater than 1 2 in 13 mm wide in one direction.

There are two ways to handle the situation described on the previous slide with one. You may notice that it appears darker in one direction than the other. The pile should run away from any windows. On stairways the pile should sweep down.

Sometimes in cases where the pile has reversed apparently randomly on a piece of carpet the section of the carpet where the pile has reversed can look wet.