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Is Wall-to-Wall Carpet the Right Choice for Your Next Design Project

As a designer or architect, you know your choice in flooring is an important one. There are countless resources chronicling the importance of paint choice and lighting—of course, these are important choices too—but perhaps the most important piece of the puzzle is your flooring. 

With instant transformative abilities, your flooring, whether it being wall-to-wall carpets or other types of carpets, can make or break a project. Think about it; the floor is your first physical interaction with a space - it matters! On top of that, flooring often accounts for a major portion of your project budget. You need to be sure you’re making an informed decision that your clients will be happy with for years to come.

With wall-to-wall carpets, you won’t go wrong. The advantages of carpets are many. For one, wall-to-wall carpets offer many practical benefits, such as superior comfort, attractive acoustic and thermal qualities as well as greater safety compared to hard surface alternatives.

Above this, though, wall-to-wall carpets can be a vehicle for expression. Carpet design can be likened to storytelling. Through your carpet selections and the way you employ them, you set the mood of a space, creating an environment that tells occupants how a space should be used.

Your selection of wall-to-wall carpets and accompanying carpet backing - the padded underside of your carpet - can affect the look, feel and sound of a space. The colours, patterns or custom designs of your wall-to-wall carpet support your unique story.

What is a Wall-to-Wall Carpet?

Wall-to-wall carpets, also known as "fitted carpets" or "broadloom carpets", is a type of carpeting that covers a given space in few pieces – or even one single piece – as opposed to several pieces laid out to create your flooring. This is what creates the seamless look for which wall-to-wall carpeting is known. Wall-to-wall carpets can be designed to stick directly on subfloors, but more often, they’re laid on underfelt over the substrate flooring and attached using small tacks. 

Wall-to-wall carpeting earns its title from the way it’s manufactured: in long, wide rolls of carpets. Often thought of as the high-quality solution, wall-to-wall carpets work best for projects with big design ambitions or for large floor surfaces.

With a wide variety of qualities to choose from - which differ in fibre type, construction and price - as well as a number of carpet backing options - which vary in acoustic properties, comfort, durability and price - it’s not hard to find wall-to-wall carpets that will meet the needs of any project.

Benefits of wall-to-wall carpets

Some of the many benefits of selecting wall-to-wall carpets for your next project are:

Style versatility 

Choosing wall-to-wall carpeting opens up a lot of doors when it comes to styling your carpet. For one, choosing wall-to-wall carpets will give you the largest selection of colour and pattern standards to choose from.

Further, wall-to-wall carpets will give you the greatest freedom when creating custom designs, as there are no modular requirements or unsightly seams that will interfere with your design. When it comes to designing your wall-to-wall carpet, the options are seemingly limitless.

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Wall-to-Wall Carpet vs. Carpet Tiles

When selecting a carpet, many designers spend their time on choices, such as colours or patterns. These are definitely important decisions too, but prior to making these decisions, you should be considering what type of carpet best suits your project. For a deep dive into this area, see our article “Carpet Construction and What to Consider.”

Generally speaking, you have two options to choose from Wall-to-wall carpet, or carpet tiles. There is no one correct choice between the two, but your budget and the needs of your project will determine which choice is right for you.

Wall-to-wall carpet styles

Beyond carpet construction, another factor that can impact upon the look, feel and performance of your wall-to-wall carpeting is carpet style. Below, we’ll take a peek at two main styles: cut pile and loop pile. While there are a number of variations within these two styles, this overview will be enough to get you started. For a more in-depth look, check out our carpet glossary.

Loop pile

Loop pile carpeting achieves a soft and smooth look and feel, through looping yarn. With loop pile carpeting, you can combine higher and lower loops to play with texture and pattern.

Cut pile

Cut pile carpets achieve a more formal, or luxurious look and often appear darker than loop pile carpets comprised of the same yarn type. Cut pile wall-to-wall carpets are created by cutting yarn loops to create an upright pile.

Cut and loop pile

Cut and loop pile carpets, made up of a combination of cut and looped yarns, allow for sculptured effects - such as squares or swirls - and a wide range of patterns and styles. 

Wall-to-wall carpets for hospitality projects

Whether designing for hotels, restaurants, bars or clubs, designing for the hospitality industry means designing for experience. Designing for hospitality means captivating patrons from the moment they enter - and what better way to do this than by designing the surface or carpet they step on to.   

Ege’s Highline concept is a great choice for hospitality projects looking to utilize the many benefits of wall-to-wall carpets. With 9 different tufted qualities and 7 carpet backing options - for sound absorption and increased comfort – Highline seems to have a wall-to-wall carpet option for every hospitality project.

Of course, each hospitality project is different. In a five-star hotel or expensive restaurant, for example, a high-quality, custom-designed wall-to-wall carpet is probably your best bet. For a more casual space, a custom design might not be necessary. 

For a restricted budget or more casual hospitality space, ie a bistro, pub, or club, the Highline concept offers 2,000+ ready-to-produce wall-to-wall carpet designs from the Express Collections. 

 For a bit more exclusivity, our designer collections - in collaboration with renowned designers, such as M. Christian Lacroix and Tom Dixon - could offer a great solution. 

 

Wall-to-wall carpets for office projects

Designing wall-to-wall carpets for offices can be tricky. A top priority, of course, is creating an attractive acoustic environment. This is especially important in open office plans, where excessive noise can impede productivity. For many offices, though, designers are going beyond the functional and are even using wall-to-wall carpeting to increase brand awareness - as a means to increase morale and align goals.

Further, wall-to-wall carpets for offices can be used as a cue to employees on how the space should be used, delineating break-out areas or facilitating wayfinding. Google’s European headquarters, for example, features different carpet zones with specific moods and uses, in order to stimulate innovation.   

Ege’s Epoca concept is a great wall-to-wall carpet solution for modern office design. Highly durable and deeply rooted in Scandinavian minimalism, the concept offers a wide selection of standard colours and the possibility to customise. While prices vary within the Epoca concept - depending on yarn amount, quality, etc. - generally speaking, the wide variety of colours will cost you a bit more but you'll also get a top quality wall-to-wall carpet.

An alternative option is ege’s Una concept. The Una concept is comparable to the Epoca concept but less expensive. With the Una concept, the wall-to-wall carpets are based on pre-coloured yarns, meaning there are fewer colour variants and customisation is not possible. The high durability and great value of Una carpets, however, make them a very popular choice for office projects. 

Getting Ready for Your Wall-to-Wall Carpet Project

You now have all the information on hand to pick out a great wall-to-wall carpet that fits your needs. You may even have a specific carpet in mind already, but what do you need to do before you’re ready for installation?

This next section will walk you through the steps you should take from before you place your wall-to-wall carpet order, through preparing for the installation. Keep in mind, a great wall-to-wall carpet project is the result of thorough communication between project planners, suppliers, clients and floor fitters.

Fret not, though, we can assist no matter where you are in the journey. From general questions to custom design ideas, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Select your wall-to-wall carpet backing

As important as your carpet selection is the wall-to-wall carpet backing you select to go with it. The carpet backing you select dramatically affects the underfoot feel, acoustic properties and durability of your carpet. Remember to look for a supplier, like ege, that stays away from additives, such as bitumen and PVC in their carpet backing, as these can be harmful to the environment. 

Prepare a flooring plan

Before you get started, you’ll need to have a plan of action. Mistakes can be expensive. This is particularly true with wall-to-wall carpets, where seam placement and direction are imperative for good results. To avoid costly mistakes, we suggest that you prepare a detailed carpet placement plan and have your carpet supplier check it to make sure the specifications are accurate.

Prepare for your wall-to-wall carpet installation

Before your carpet is delivered, be sure you’re ready. Being unprepared can cause unexpected delays and we all know, delays are costly. There are two important questions you need to remember to ask your supplier: whether your wall-to-wall carpet needs to settle flat for 24 hours before installation and whether you’ll need to air the space out for 48 hours afterwards.

How Much Will My Wall-to-Wall Carpet Cost Me?

There are a number of factors that can impact the price of wall-to-wall carpets: carpet construction, type of fibre, type of backing, degree of customisation and even installation costs. The following are some rules of thumb that will help you get a better idea of the total wall-to-wall carpeting costs you can expect.