High quality carpet the type that lasts at least 12 years and often more has a face weight of 38 ounces or more.
Builder grade carpet weight.
The face weight is the number of ounces of fiber in a square yard of carpet.
The higher the face weight the plusher and stronger the carpet.
Avoid judging a carpet by its weight however when it comes to builder s carpet that may be virtually all you have to go by.
Builder s grade carpet will typically be a wall to wall.
Weight and carpet style.
When you upgrade with a builder before buying a home your carpet weight will increase slightly perhaps up to a 30 ounce berber or a 40 ounce saxony carpet but you re still not going to get the truly high weight.
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There are at least 3 grades of low end carpets designed for apartments and rental property and is typically called builder grade or apartment grade carpet.
These low cost carpets are only designed to last 3 to 5 years at best.
If possible ask the builder for the carpet s specifications the face weight the twist level the manufacturer s performance rating etc.
The length of the pile can affect this number.
Residential carpet grades explained.
That way you will know what you are actually buying and what you can.
Builder grade residential and commercial carpets.
Obviously styles of carpet are constructed differently and you cannot make comparisons of two different construction styles based solely on face weight for example berbers tend to have lower face weights than saxonies because of their low pile and relatively low number of fibers a very good quality berber carpet might have the same face weight as a saxony of.
High quality carpet the type that lasts at least 12 years and often more has a face weight of 38.
In general the higher the weight the better the carpet.
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This is because most builder s grade carpet has a face weight of only about 25 to 32 ounces.
Property professionals managers and end users.