Commercial opportunities for retailers

This feature takes a closer look at contract specification flooring. Many flooring brands supply products for both the residential and contract sector, and many retailers supply and fit commercial projects which range from hotels, guest houses, pubs, restaurants, holiday lets, and even schools. 

Adam Carpets is a great example of a manufacturing business geared to provide fast turnaround on contract specification carpet with the support of their local retailers. The design team at Adam Carpets responded quickly to the brief to replace flood-damaged carpet for The Bay Hotel in Kinghorn, Scotland. The bespoke design was made using their ICN overtuft technology, resulting in the new carpet being made within a 4 week window. 

Any design featured in Adam Carpets ICN overtuft brochure or on their commercial website can be produced to a client's choice of colour and pattern combination, in a specification to suit their end use. The minimum order quantity of 150 square metres, makes this a viable choice for independent hotels and commercial businesses. The carpet can be manufactured in either 4 metre or 5 metre widths, to reduce waste.

"All elements of design and production takes place in
Adam Carpets own manufacturing facility in Kidderminster,
ensuring clients can be confident at every stage from design,
through to dyeing, tufting, backing and despatch."

In addition to their commercial design library, Adam Carpets also provide a bespoke design and manufacturing service. Designs and colour palettes are developed to meet their clients interior design brief and suitability requirement. Indeed, proposed design images in JPEG or PDF format and accompanying hand trial can be produced within 5 working days, and carpet can be manufactured within 4 working weeks, on receipt of a cleared deposit. All elements of design and production takes place in Adam Carpets own manufacturing facility in Kidderminster, ensuring clients can be confident at every stage from design, through to dyeing, tufting, backing and despatch.

As part of the push towards achieving a more circular economy, Joseph, Hamilton and Seaton (JHS) are proud to have recently launched four new commercial carpet tile products with enhanced recycled content.

The Wave Length, Overlay and Outline ranges all contain 50% overall recycled content. Manufactured using 100% PA6 Solution Dyed Nylon yarn, these options provide integral colour combined with the chemical resistance, excellent abrasion resistance, strength and durability that is associated with this proven polyamide material. The secondary backings are manufactured using ‘back2back’ waste from the tile cutting process – waste that is shredded and then added into the secondary backing, providing 10% post-industrial recycled content. The filler used in the backing is wholly sourced from a limestone mining waste stream, diverting this waste from landfill, and providing 100% post-industrial recycled content.

“Wave Length is available in 11 different colours and offers a gradient-like barcode effect that would be at home in any
commercial space.”

Wave Length is available in 11 different colours and offers a gradient-like barcode effect that would be at home in any commercial space. Overlay, also available in 11 colours presents a palette ranging from subtle tones of grey and black, to bright and bold reds and greens. Meanwhile, a combination of contrasting tones in 16 colourways creates a washed effect that balances out the pattern seen in Outline. 

The innovative Colour Foundation Tile range achieves 64% overall recycled content. It utilises the same back2back waste process for the secondary backing, and the same recycled limestone waste product for the backing filler but is manufactured using ECONYL Regenerated Solution Dyed Nylon yarn. Made wholly from post-industrial and
post-consumer Polyamide 6 waste, Colour Foundation is available in
36 vibrant colours, ensuring exceptional versatility for this exciting
new range.

Associated Weavers (AW) is an ideal flooring partner for hospitality, office, care, retail, education, and housing. AW Commercial Flooring say they leave no design wish unanswered, as their carpet ranges offer a variety of neutral, pastel, and bright options. Products are designed to withstand even the heaviest commercial use – such as care, hospitality, office and retail environments. If you are looking for a carpet design to enhance your working environment, you can choose from an array of discrete classic prints and bold contemporary motifs. For a true-to-life natural stone or wood design, their luxury vinyl flooring is an excellent choice. 

In addition, AW’s Commercial Flooring portfolio, a tailor-made solution is always within reach, fulfilling all requirements of the moderate, general and heavy commercial use categories. Both their broadloom and tile carpet collections are made with solution dyed nylon, the best-in-class yarn when it comes to resilience, durability and cleanability.

“Success is all about dedication and attention to detail,
AW appreciate that whilst the floor may not be at the core of their client’s business, it literally is the foundation for success."

AW clients can make their project come to life with the help of the AW Commercial room visualiser. Simply take a photo with your phone or upload your 3D render to discover the many flooring options they have to offer... it’s a quick and fun-to-do tool to visualise your favourite carpet and flooring in your interior scheme. 

Success is all about dedication and attention to detail, AW appreciate that whilst the floor may not be at the core of their client’s business, it literally is the foundation for success. And with AW Commercial Flooring, clients have access to a complete collection of luxury vinyl flooring, broadloom carpet, and carpet tiles, so there’s always a solution tailor-made to your needs.

Made in Britain, Abingdon Flooring’s carpet tiles are a great option for schools and colleges, public buildings, offices, leisure projects and communal areas. Bringing comfort and hardwearing performance to any commercial project, the range includes value polypropylene options as well as sustainable products using regenerated nylon yarn derived from fishing nets. 

Charlotte Coop, head of marketing, Abingdon Flooring, says: “Our carpet tiles range has been developed to make sure we’ve something suitable for all budgets and locations. So, whether it’s a local primary school looking to refurbish a classroom or a large office needing a premium carpet plank, you can provide a stylish solution from right here in the UK.

“There’s a great assortment of colours and patterns too.
From plain tiles like Unity in practical colours such as ink blue
and coal, through to the designer look of Mayfair’s geometric
pattern and Infinite’s 22 strong colour bank that’s available in a coordinating pinstripe; it includes more than 90 different options.”

Infinite is a highlight of Abingdon Flooring’s carpet tile range. Using ECONYL, a nylon yarn made from old fishing nets and waste, this premium carpet tile can be chosen with a 100% recycled comfort backing that helps to improve underfoot comfort and reduce impact noise by 26dB. It is available in a standard 50 x 50cm tile and a 25 x 100cm plank and is Class 33 and BREEAM rated.

Using 100% solution-dyed PP for stain-resistance in a classic 1/10th gauge tufted loop-pile construction, Unity offers superb all-round performance making it a strong choice for student accommodation, meeting rooms, back areas, social housing and circulation area installations. Exceptional value, the 50cm x 50cm carpet tile is available in 10 usable colours, including a suite of grey and blue tones. Abingdon Flooring carpet tiles are available from stock.

For more information contact:

Abingdon Flooring     
T: +44(0) 1274 655 694    www.abingdonflooring.co.uk 

Adam Carpets     

T: 01562 822247     www.adamcarpets.com

AW Commercial Flooring     
T: +44 (0) 1422 431100      www.aw-commercialflooring.co.uk 

Joseph Hamilton Seaton       
T: +44 (0) 1827 831 400      www.jhscarpets.co.uk

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