What is Apartment Grade Carpet?

Simply put, apartment grade carpets are the ones that are most affordable to the general masses. They are designed specifically to meet the demands of well-used living quarters. When one says apartment grade, the carpet doesn’t have to be the paper thin or so miserable looking that the apartment would be better off without carpeting at all. There are, in fact, many different qualities of this kind of carpeting to choose from.

There are low-end carpet grades that are short-looped and very light. Although these are considered the least expensive of all apartment grade carpets, these are also the ones that need replacing every few years. If the foot traffic is really great, some places need carpet replacing at least once a year. Most of the time, these carpets come in only one solid block of color. They are also not stain resistant not wear-hardy.

Medium grade carpets can last a user about 5 to 15 years. These are definitely better than the low-end carpets; but still, these only come in one block of color and not all of them are stain resistant. Although most medium grade apartment carpets are short looped, there are some that now have longer fiber strands and give off the feeling of using a deeper and more (more…)