Crushing
Crushing
Crushing
Crushing on steps
High-traffic area
Steps
High-traffic area
Crushing
Vacuum cleaner raises pile
Matted area
crushing
Comparison with new carpet
Crushing
Rolling traffic
Crushing
Appearance retention scales
Comparison with new carpet
High-traffic area
Crushing
Pattern walkout
Pattern walkout - New compared to installed carpet
Contract Walker
What you need to know
Crushing/Packing most frequently occurs on a lower-density carpet with a medium to high pile height. It can occur on any cut pile carpet. Tufts are compressed during trafficking and these tufts fill the spaces between other tufts. Crushing/Packing occurs most often in high traffic areas where repeated foot traffic occurs. It is similar …..
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