Pole Marks On Carpets

Extra attention to this area during vacuuming will speed the process.

Pole marks on carpets. Carriage mounted carpet pole duration. Seams are a necessary part of any carpet installation. For more immediate results try light steaming of the affected area. This mark known as a pole mark results from the carpet being wrapped tightly around a cardboard tube for shipping.

This causes a bending and compression of the pile yarns that can be seen as light or dark width wise bands. The mark probably is a pole mark as poglet s son has said. Single narrow compression lines in the carpet pile that run lengthwise are caused by the string cord tried around the carpet roll edges to keep it from unrolling. Seams in berber carpets will be visible due to the loop pile construction as the carpet is stretched the seam area will peak slightly.

A good stiff brush against the pile of the carpet will also help get the pile standing up again. Roll or pole crush marks develop as a result of weight of the carpet on top of itself during storage or from the weight of other carpet rolls during transport. Roll or pole crush marks is a common condition seen in newly installed carpet. Online showroom sales phone line open.

The mark will disappear as the carpet becomes acclimatised and is vacuumed. Online showroom sales phone. These pole marks are actually cause by too much carpet weight crushing and bending pile fibers above and below the dense paper tube in the carpet roll s core. Yes totally agree with kevin and i would go as far as saying the roll of carpet when rolled up probably didnt have a cardboard pole in it therefore the carpet was not round but slightly flat when rolled up therefore there were more crush marks that is why there are so many lines as opossed to one where the end of the carpet lays against the carpet ie pole mark many peolple think you have.

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