Extra hidden carpet should be folded back at the top and bottom of stairs so that as the edges of the tread are worn the carpet can be moved to hide the wear.
Direction of carpet pile.
The direction of the pile is most noticeable in medium length saxony styles and is less noticeable in longer piles such as friezes when the pile is reversed in a cut pile carpet such as a saxony the light is reflected off the fibers in a different manner making the color of the carpet appear different either lighter or darker than the original color.
Saxonies have the tendency to show footprints and vacuum cleaner sweeper marks.
Carpet installers from mohawk teach you how to find carpet pile direction with paper and a pencil.
The carpet layer has finished and at first glance it looks great.
Carpet tiles will have arrows on the back that indicate the direction of the carpet pile.
On stairways the pile should sweep down.
This is based in light reflection of the fiber when pile direction is changed.
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How pile reversal looks.
Any two carpet tiles facing in different directions will appear to be slightly different colors.
Saxony a saxony is a cut pile carpet in which two or more plies of yarn have been twisted and heat set so that the tip of each carpet tuft is distinguishable on the pile surface.