Wool carpets –
Luxurious and soft to the touch, with the integrity of outstanding environmental credentials, beauty, performance maintenance and health benefits – wool is the only authentic naturally sustainable fibre that synthetics strive to emulate.
Wool is the ultimate renewable fibre.
With sheep grazing freely on grass. wool grows continuously before being shorn every 9 – 12 months and returned to their pastures to grow more wool.
Wool is biodegradable.
In soil, wool readily biodegrades to produce essential plant nutrients such as potassium, nitrogen and phosphorous. Even in a landfill, wool pile will decompose leaving no harmful residues. Wool is composed entirely of amino acids, the building blocks of life and at the end of its useful life, pile from wool carpet can be returned to the ground, releasing nutrients as it decomposes, promoting further grass growth.
Wool is energy efficient.
Wool is produced from totally renewable and natural resources – water, sun and grass and requiring far less energy to produce than synthetic fibres. Wool carpet reduces heating and cooling energy requirements by preventing heat loss and heat rise through floors.
Wool has innate stain and soil resistance.
Chemical stain resistance treatments are not necessary. Wool’s unique fibre structure of overlapping, had, microscopic scales (much like roof shingles), make it durable and hard wearing, while inhibiting dirt adhering to the fibre and giving significantly better soil release than other fibres.
Wool is the most forgiving and easiest fibre to clean and maintain.
Wool does not attract lint so vacuum cleaning is easier and in wet cleaning fibres swell and release dirt particles.
A carpet’s appearance, texture and longevity are determined by its fibres. The pile can be natural, synthetic, or a blend of several fibres.
Understand the properties of common carpet fibres (wool, nylon, polyester, olefin, triexta and acrylic) and consider them carefully when deciding what kind of carpet to buy to guarantee you make the right decisions for your home. #homereno #woolcarpets #longlastingcarpets #adamcarpets #hughmackay #penthousecarpet #cormar #ulsterflooring #westexcarpet #brockwaycarpets #proffesionalflooring #flooringexperts #westonsupermare #smithsflooringandhomewares
