Godfrey hirst define their carpet styles a little differently firstly by type of construction i e.
Hard twist cut pile carpet.
Cut pile loop or mixed and then refining the construction into either cut pile twist plush pile saxony and frieze.
The yarn is tightly twisted then heat set to give a textured look to the pile surface.
Constructed with a high twisted yarn causing the pile to lie in different directions cut pile hard twist carpets offer a textured appearance and luxurious feel underfoot.
Cut pile twist carpets are made by cutting yarn loops which produces an upright pile.
Cut pile hard twist carpet.
This gives the carpet a more textured appearance is hard wearing and maintains its finish.
What are cut pile twist carpets.
For our purposes the cut pile twist is the closest to a true texture carpet and you ll find 43 products.
Cut pile carpets are manufactured by cutting the yarn loops which produces an upright pile that has a more luxurious formal look than loop pile.
Twist pile carpets have a slightly more textured less uniform look than something like a plush pile carpet.
Frieze is a cut pile carpet with twisted yarns and a crimped textured appearance.
A luxurious feel and a smooth textured finish.
The key measurements you ll need to know to assess a carpet s durability are its density how closely knitted together its fibres are and its pile height.
Cut pile hard twist carpet is the most popular style sold in the new zealand market.
These can be looped where the fibres loop back into the backing material or cut cut off at the top.
Hard twist cut pile.
This design causes the pile to lay in different directions giving a more textured appearance a more luxurious and formal look than a loop pile.
Twist pile carpets are hard wearing and maintain their finish.
It is less obvious in a cut pile carpet such as a saxony where all of the fibers are cut and move together and are supported by neighboring fibers in a cut and loop there is a gap in the cut fibers where the loops exist so it is much more obvious when the cut fibers lean.
Saxony carpet yarns feature a soft twist or curl.
An example of a popular twist pile carpet is the lifestyle hideaway collection of triexta carpet in a durable twist.
The pile is often cut at an angle.
The pile is highly twisted and lies in different directions.
The pile of a carpet describes its individual fibres.
Regardless of the length of the cut fibers it is the nature of any fiber to move bend or flatten.
The hard twist style is also known as frieze pronounced freezay or curled pile.
The pile appears to lay randomly.
A cut pile style with a textured finish made up of highly twisted tufts that curl slightly at the pile surface.