What is a Carpet Tile, Carpet Square or Modular Carpet?

Features and Benefits of Carpet Tiles

Flexibility
Carpet tiles provide flexibility because the modular squares enable unique designs and patterns with multiple colors and tiles. Carpet tiles are produced in primary colors, custom colors and custom prints and patterns. Although the 18” carpet square is a standard size, carpet tiles are also available in the following dimensions: 24” x 24”, 36” x 36”, 50 CM, ½ meter, 1 Sq. Meter.

Comfort and Noise Reduction
Carpet tiles also provide under the foot comfort and noise abatement as most are pre-cushioned with an attached backing or padding.

Cleaning and Replacement and Cost Savings
Carpet tiles and carpet squares are of great for high traffic areas. Modular carpet tiles can be easily removed, cleaned and replaced individually. If a carpet tile wears out or sustains a stain that cannot be cleaned, the individual tile can be removed and replaced without having to replace the entire carpeted surface.

Maneuverability
Carpet tiles are easier to maneuver than rolled carpet, Carpet squares are packaged in boxes requiring less floor space for storage and standard containers for transport. Additionally, carpet tiles can be moved and loaded into elevators or even carried up stairwells without special height or accessibility requirements.

Accessibility
The influx of computers into workplace produced the need for under-floor access. The carpet tile is the best option in the workplace, as tiles are easily lifted individually, to provide access with minimal disruption to the business.

Quality
As carpet tiles are cut from rolled carpet they are crafted by the same quality manufacturers such as Milliken, Mannington, Shaw, Mohawk, J & J Industries, Bentley and Interface Flooring.

Applications
Carpet tiles are used in for many applications. Commercial carpet tiles are widely used in office buildings, schools, churches, casinos, recreation and sporting facilities and civic institutions. Residential carpet tiles have become more popular in the home for entry ways, hallways, living rooms and almost any room in the house. Just as with rolled carpet, outdoor carpet squares have applications such as porches and decks.

Installation
Carpet tiles are easy to install.

1. Sweep and clean the floor before installing carpet tile.
2. For most tweed colors, start in the corner of a room and work your way across.
3. With patterned colors, you may need to mark off the room and start in the center of the room working toward the four walls.

• ASHLAR: Slide each tile 1/2 way down the other, offsetting the front and back tile joints


• BRICK METHOD: Slide each tile 1/2 way across the other; offset the side joints of each tile


• MONOLITHIC: (Standard Installation) Follow the arrows on the back of each tile, pointing them all in the same direction.


• QUARTER-TURN or PARQUET: Turn each tile 90 degrees from the previous tile.

A History of Carpet Tiles and Carpet Squares

In the early 1900s America, an entirely new method of producing carpet was invented named tufted carpet. This method was based on the technique used to make candlewick bedspreads where tufts were inserted into it a piece of pre-woven. In 1940 this new method of carpet making was used to produce broadloom carpet.

In more recent times, modern technology enabled great progress in yarn construction and the development in modern plant and machinery. These technological advances provided the means necessary to develop more sophisticated products to enhance the comfort of your home.

For commercial carpet applications it was necessary to design a floor covering which could be easily transported to locations such as high-rise office blocks. To meet the portability needs of commercial applications in the 1960s the first carpet tiles were produced. Currently, commercial carpet tiles and residential carpet tiles are used for almost every kind carpeting application.

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