 | Jason Jabara is the current manager at Jabara’s Carpet Galerie. After graduating from WSU, the family business became a large part of Jason’s adult life. His father Tom, mother Susan, brother Josh and his uncle George assisted in that endeavor to a large degree. Perhaps one of Jason’s greatest strengths is his hands-on approach. Jason can be reached by calling (316) 267-2585 or you may visit their website @ www.jabaras.com. |
Carpet, Tile & Floor Covering
2009-03-01 14:08:00
Carpeting floors and indoor air quality
Question: We are thinking of carpeting our child’s room, but I heard someone say that carpet is a source for poor indoor air quality, is this true?
Answer: With all of the flooring options available today, choosing one for your child’s bedroom or playroom may seem like a difficult task. However, given the health and safety benefits, choosing carpet for your child’s room is a great idea.
Many people believe that carpet is a source of poor indoor air quality, although the reality is you will breathe easier knowing that your child is playing or sleeping in a room that helps their respiratory health. “Carpet improves indoor air quality by trapping dust and air-borne allergens until they are vacuumed away. In fact, a ten year study completed in Sweden further supports that there is no link between carpet in the home and the incidence of asthma or allergies.
Not only does wall-to-wall carpet help your child breath easier, it also provides safety and comfort. Carpet helps prevents slips, will cushion a fall and is easy on children’s knees, hands and clothes and is safer and more comfortable than any flooring alternative. In addition, wall-to-wall carpet is ideal as a natural sound insulator as it absorbs and reduces noise offering more peace and quiet in your home.
Along with all of carpets natural inherent benefits for your child, today’s manufacturing technology has enabled a multitude of choices in design, texture, and color with enhanced performance characteristics. When you select a carpet for a child’s bedroom or playroom, a couple of key features to look for are stain and soil resistance. Soil resistance helps repel dust and dirt, and stain resistance allows for easy clean up of most common household spills.
So back to the original question, all evidence points to the fact that carpet is good for your child’s health, your home and it’s also a wonderful decorating tool. Now you can breathe easier with the knowledge that your carpet also makes your home healthier.
Remember regardless of the room that carpet is being considered for; correct installation is essential if you are to get the best out of your carpet. Whether you are installing it yourself or calling in the professionals to do the work, the quality of the job is critical to the performance and life you can expect from your new floor coverings. Unless you are sure you know how to install carpet, you would be well advised to seek professional help in order to ensure the protection of this major investment.
Even when using professionals, however, your carpet installation is something you should oversee. Before they arrive, you should familiarize yourself with the minimum industry-accepted carpet installation standards so that you can make sure the company installing your carpet follows them. Don’t feel you have to keep out of the way when the carpet installation is proceeding. While letting the professionals get on with their job you should also be on hand from the start, first to make sure the carpet is the texture and color you ordered, and then to keep a discreet watch on events, to avoid problems later.
While watching the carpet installation, check that the carpet is being stretched properly, to minimize wrinkles. You should also make sure you are happy with the placement of the seams. While the seams will not be invisible, you can ask for them to be located in areas where they are not conspicuous.
