For a long time now, you have been reading my complaints with patterned carpet and the mills inability to keep the patterns straight. This is a perpetual problem particularly in the commercial carpet segment... more

Several months ago I wrote a column titled “Loose Carpet,” which garnered one of the largest responses I’ve had writing this column for almost 14 years. It seems the article struck a nerve in the retail community. Loose carpet affects everyone, and there is a reason it exists... more

A couple of installation situations that have come up recently regarding who you should listen to when you ask how a product is to be installed or if you can install a particular product using a specific system. I’ll explain. In one case the carpet was a polyurethane backed product... more