Flooring
Fun on the Floor
Always a staple in the home, but a real chore to research interesting replacements, carpet buying has never been the most enjoyable of shopping experiences.
Usually surrounded by funny smells and greasy old salesmen hustling you as soon as you enter the store, it’s an experience we dread when deciding to have a new carpet fitted.
Fortunately [...]
Nature knows best for flooring solutions
We’ve heard it a hundred times before, “I want a floor covering that’s versatile, will match my existing colour scheme and won’t break the bank”.
The solution we believe lies in buying natural fibre rugs, and we’re not alone in preaching their virtues!
Happily used in any room in the home, paired with either classic of contemporary [...]
Top London club’s floors flooded by idiots doing pull-ups!
Embarrassingly, a student caused £150,000 damage to the flooring in a club in Central London by attempting to do three pull-ups on a sprinkler pipe to beat his friend’s effort of two.
In this alcoholically fuelled test of strength, water gushed from the fire suppression system’s pipe down the stairs and across three floors in Tiger [...]
Flooring Goes Digital
Consumers in even more surprising parts of the world are becoming more discerning and creative when it comes to flooring, say industry experts.
What underlay should I use?
There are many different types of underlay available nowadays. We recommend you use the heaviest possible underlay relevant to your usage.
Man’s Best Friend becomes his Competitor
The Welsh Llanwrtyd Wells Man v Horse race is madness quite frankly.
Pitting themselves against the elements and on a supposedly level playing field, individual runners endure a 22-mile race though the hills surrounding Llanwrtyd Wells all the while trying the beat horses to the finish line.
That alone sounds difficult, without adding in to the [...]
Horse Owner blames Bedding for Poor Performance at the tracks
Canadian horse owner Ian Moore recently commented upon his horse’s poor display at an elimination round of races in London, citing bad bedding as the cause.
His horse, Shadow Play, continued to blow hard up to an hour after the race on a seemingly cool night. After examination, the practicing veterinarian discovered substantial amounts of non-infectious [...]
Organic Knot Rug refreshes home
When trying to get that “inside/outside” feeling to a house, one of the hardest things to get right is the flooring.
Obviously real wood flooring provides a great overall finish to the room, but we thing a simple yet attractive, modern rug helps to break up the vast space.
A natural rug is a must to complete [...]
A cleaner floor is a safer floor
A top chartered physiotherapist has asked employers to identify why accidents in the workplace happen and how they can be prevented in the future, the Health and Safety Executive reported.
Pauline Cole, who supports the HSE’s Shattered Lives campaign, said floor surfaces should be suitable for the work being done on them and they should be [...]
The World’s Most Expensive Rugs Goes on Sale
The Telegraph recently reported that the world’s most expensive rug is expected to be sold for £14.5 million when it goes under the hammer at Sothebys later this month.
Says the Telegraph, “Commissioned by the Maharaja of Baroda in India in the 18th century, the Pearl Carpet was created using an estimated two million natural seed [...]
