Learning Centre Category: A-Z
Explore the world of flooring from A to Z with our easy-to-understand guides to common flooring terms, materials and techniques. Drawing on over 26 years of industry experience, Grimley Flooring explains everything from carpet construction and underlay to installation methods and finishing touches, helping you make more informed decisions about your flooring.
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Z is for Zig-Zag Bar
A Zig-Zag Bar, or Z-Bar for short, is a carpet to hard flooring bar used where there is a height...
Y is for Yarn
Y is for Yarn Yarn is the material used to produce the surface layer, or pile, of the carpet. In...
X is for (e)Xtras
X is for (e)Xtras For this week we will be looking at the (e)xtras offered by Grimley Flooring that make...
W is for Woven Carpets
W is for Woven Carpets A woven carpet is any carpet, either made by hand or machine, that is constructed...
V is for Vinyl
V is for Vinyl Vinyl (Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC) is a versatile plastic. In flooring terms Vinyl is a hard-wearing...
U is for Underlay
Choosing the right underlay can be an important decision and one that will help your new carpet perform it’s best...
T is for Tufted Carpet
T is for Tufted Carpet This is a manufacturing method where short pieces of yarn (tufts) are punched through the...
S is for Smoothing Compound
S is for Smoothing Compound A smoothing compound is a thin layer applied on top of the subfloor to remove...
R is for Runners
R is for Runners A carpet runner is a piece of carpet that runs the length of an area leaving...
Q is for Questions
Q is for Questions This week we are looking at a few common questions that are asked on a regular...
P is for Polymer Degradation
When those polymers start to degrade (break down) it can result in a number of changes to the flooring. A-Z...
O is for Ounces
As we moved to metric some carpet manufacturers started to use the modern equivalent of grams per square meter. A-Z...
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