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November 24, 2009

Preparing for the Holidays

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 11:36 am

Carpet Mill Outlet Stores is proud to offer very quick installation times during this holiday season. Many of our customers are on tight time schedules with the holidays rapidly approaching and we have maintained a very high level of stock to make sure we can get your project  done quickly and professionally. We are currently carrying stock at all major price points and in all flooring categories including Carpet, hardwood, Pergo, Tile, Stone and area rugs. For closeout inventory check out our Clearance Outlets In Aurora (1300 S. Abilene) and Ft Collins (4950 College). Associates trained to help you with creating the Home of your dreams are ready to assist you. Gift certificate are available if you are interested in giving someone a very unique gift.

We at Carpet Mill Outlet Stores want to wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving full of Joy and Happiness. We also want to thank you for your tremendous support over the last 35 years, for all of this we feel truly Blessed.

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November 4, 2009

Tips for selecting the right Carpet for your home

Filed under: Carpet — Tags: Carpet, Carpet Care — admin @ 9:31 pm

Carpet- nothing looks like it, feels like it or performs like it. It enhances the peace and quiet of your home by absorbing sound. It insulates against cold, cushions for comfort, adds safety against slips and falls, and protects against damage to objects being dropped. As a key decorative element in your home, no other product gives the enormous differentiation between styles and colors like Carpet. A question that gets asked repeatedly of me while working with clients is what is the best Carpet? This is a much more complicated question than it first looks so for the purpose of this Blog I will try and help with some educational basics.

Carpet as we know it today has three key elements. The yarn used in the carpet, the construction or twist of the product, and the weight of the carpet. Stain treatment is very important as well but is a separate topic that will be discussed later. For something we use everyday Carpet is very misunderstood. Carpet durability is not a function of how heavy it is. I know this is surprising to many but I use an example of some of the most durable carpets made today for commercial use in banks and lobbies often weigh 20-26 ounces. The products are constructed in a way to allow maximum performance.

I will continue o this subject soon.

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Comparing Flooring Products

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: comparing, flooring — admin @ 9:14 pm

Wow! I have spent hours discussing the same topic with so many people I thought it might be time to talk about it here. The same thing keeps coming up when comparing products. “I have seen the same product elsewhere for less.” The obvious questions from me come up. “Do you know the name of the product?” “What type of yarn was it made with?” I receive the same response to these questions so often I am shocked at how uneducated people are when looking for such an expensive addition to their home.

The problem today is everyone is so convinced that something cheap will be just as good as something expensive. The old saying”You get what you pay for” could not be more true than with carpet. Every carpet looks deceivingly similar. The problem is products made with different yarns perform very differently. Many retailers today are showing Polyester carpets for the first time. These carpets look very nice and are very soft. The problem is that they soil terribly and have a far inferior resiliency. When the average consumer only purchases floor coverings once every 8-10 years you can see how important it would be to select the right products or have a very expensive replacement in the next few years. I do not blame this on Consumers as they are truly more educated in many ways than ever with the Internet aiding them. The problem exists in the Retail chain.

More customers today find themselves alone when looking at products in big stores with no help, and the help that you search out ends up coming from someone from plumbing. Low prices look good but if the smart consumer would look just a little further you would find the truth. All companies carry many of the same items and these are all priced very similarly. I for example carry products that are the same or lower price than My Big Box competitors.

My customer thinks that I do not coming in the door but is quickly educated to understand the truth. What I find myself doing is adding the better quality products to the conversation that Most competitors are too scared to sell because the customer might think their price is too high. If price is everything why do we not all drive Mopeds or (name your lowest priced car). It just so happens that all things are not the same and carpet is no different.

It is very difficult to earn what it takes to do floor coverings, be smart about what product those hard earned dollars goes into. Do not purchase until you have had an expert discuss you family’s needs and the available products features and benefits. If you are doing floors to sell your house then Polyester may make perfect sense. If you plan on occupying you home for any length of time you must focus on the Nylon if you want durability.

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Revamping your Colorado Wood Floors

Filed under: Wood Floors — Tags: floor care, wood flooring — admin @ 9:10 pm

Its that time of year again when we all fire up the furnace and dry out our already arid home to single digit humidity. This in turn shrinks our wood floors allowing gaps the width of quarters (or worse) to show up seemingly overnight.

For those of us who have had wood for years in Colorado this is no great surprise, but imagine having just moved to the state and installing thousands of dollars of wood floors in your new home. Just to awake one morning with gaps in your new floor.

Concerned people should contact our stores so we can give them the expectations of wood in an arid climate. This could prove to be key for the happiness of the consumer, ours and others. The good news is there is a happy ending. Come spring the floors expand back to the same as they were the day they were installed. For more information Check out Carpetmilloutletstores.com

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