Signature Floors: Advantages of Axminster

Continuing on the rich designers tradition of quality carpet weaving craftsmanship, Signature’s Custom Woven t Carpeting Division offers the most versatile and flexible Custom Axminster Program in the industry. Named after a type of hand-weave that originated during the latter part of the 18th century in the old English Town of Axminster, woven Axminster carpets offer, architects and end-users with substantial advantages in aesthetics, performance and value compared to any other available flooring surface on the market.

Woven on looms that offer a unique flexibility in colours and design, each piece of pile yarn in an Axminster carpet is individually woven into place. This integral construction process allows even the most complex and intricate designs to be created with pin-point precision and high-definition. All carpets are comprised of a pile material and a backing. The superior difference of woven Axminster to tufted construction is in the weaving process. On Axminster looms the pile and backing materials are woven together in a single operation. This eliminates the problem of delamination, and accompanying bubbles, ripples, and potential premature product failure which may occur in heavy traffic areas with tufted carpet. The interweaving of the pile and backing results in each face yarn of the carpet being locked into place with the pattern woven all the way through the carpet. This unique construction process provides Axminster carpets with superior durability and appearance retention, purposely designed to withstand the wear and tear that is often associated with high traffic areas.

The benefits of woven Axminster carpet go beyond its superior construction. The prestige of woven broadloom on the floor of any room adds a sense of luxury and sophistication. Whether your requirement is a very large commercial installation or a small residential area, Signature Custom Axminster Program can turn our clients' most creative concepts into beautiful and practical realities.

Signature Axminster quality carpeting is woven of 80% Virgin wool/20% Anti-static nylon for long-lasting beauty and additional strength in heavy traffic areas. The two ply yarns are skein dyed for vivid colors that make the carpet design come alive. As the ultimate choice of specifiers for prestige and complex hospitality installations, wool-rich Axminster carpets provide substantial advantages in aesthetics, durability, appearance retention and overall value than any other flooring surface on the market. As a result of its natural resilience, wool-rich Axminster carpets provide added benefits such as long-term appearance retention, excellent recovery from compression characteristics and contribute to air purity by absorbing harmful pollutants such as Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulphur Dioxide. Wool-rich Axminster carpets can even assist in stabilizing the thermal properties of spaces by absorbing and/or releasing moisture during periods of high and low humidity. The superior performance characteristics of wool-rich Axminster carpets make it ideal for interiors ranging from the most luxurious, in prestige hotels and resorts, to the most practical, in public buildings, corporate headquarters and transport facilities.

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