Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 61Jul 14, 2012 8:12 am So we just received an update on the availability of Smartstrand in WA. Technically it is not available there. You may be able to buy it and ship it there etc, but it's 100% exclusive to Harvey Norman nationally and the Harvey Norman stores in the west do not have flooring franchises (yet). CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 62Jul 14, 2012 5:22 pm Bummer!! Slab Poured 30/05/12 Lower Floor Plate High 20/08/12 Upper Floor & Wall Framing 30/08/12 Roof 14/09/12 Lock-Up 13/12/12 Yee haaaaa WE ARE IN & I HAVE A NEW IPHONE Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 63Jul 19, 2012 8:50 pm Our carpet colour and bamboo chosen yesterday. Thanks to our friendly Harvey Norman man driving up from Melbourne (400km round trip) with all the samples Going with Smartstrand Silk Gentle Essence - "Wildwood". Bamboo chosen is a blend of - 60% Natural, 30% Carbonised and 10% Antique. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 64Jul 19, 2012 9:48 pm Interesting mixture there for sure. You will certainly have a good amount of variation now. Be sure to post some photos of the floor when it's installed. CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 65Jul 19, 2012 10:18 pm HN Flooring Team Interesting mixture there for sure. You will certainly have a good amount of variation now. Be sure to post some photos of the floor when it's installed. Hi HN...will definately post pics of the new floor. We had seen quite a few pics of bamboo blends people had done online and thought they looked great, so when we got hold of some test sample boards a few months back ( not H/N 's actual product, but very similar and useful to test how a bamboo floor would stand up to our dog claws, etc) we actually did the test area in a blend and loved the look. This pic is of our sample test area currently on the floor of our temporary rental ....it consists of natural and carbonised colours. Took it one step further with our new house order and have thrown in some Antique boards for further enhance it. Looking forward to seeing our new carpet and boards installed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 66Jul 20, 2012 6:09 am Making it more real with more variation is a good thing. Not too many people are bold enough to give it a try. Well done !!! CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 67Jul 27, 2012 6:20 pm Any other stories from people or feedback on what they think of the softest carpet in the world ? We would love to hear what you think of this carpet. CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 68Jul 27, 2012 6:28 pm Yes HN get Gerry to bring a flooring shop to WA.... Only other soft carpet I have seen is the Soft-e from Flooring Xtra & that is reallllllly soft.... Slab Poured 30/05/12 Lower Floor Plate High 20/08/12 Upper Floor & Wall Framing 30/08/12 Roof 14/09/12 Lock-Up 13/12/12 Yee haaaaa WE ARE IN & I HAVE A NEW IPHONE Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 69Aug 07, 2012 3:44 pm For those interested in Silk, you might like to read some of the 59 reviews on this carpet in the United States, here is the link. http://www.mohawkflooring.com/product-reviews/smartstrandsilk/ It is serioulsy hard just to keep it IN STOCK at the moment. It is flying out of the warehouse ! Australian consumers are laying more of it per captia than anywhere else in the world ! CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 70Aug 10, 2012 12:43 pm We went instore to see it and it's great! What underlay do you recommend for it? I need to get close to a finished floor height of 34mm. Thanks! Deposit: Jul11 Contract: 1/11/11 Colours/Electrical/Sentinel/Aircon: Nov11 CDC: Dec11 File on hold: Dec11-Jun12 Construction: Jul12 Lock-up: 14th Nov http://hometanamal.blogspot.com.au/ Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 71Aug 10, 2012 12:49 pm Oh one more question - what is your advice on ease of vacuuming? Feedback on the website shows customers comments about how it's hard to vacuum. Thanks! Deposit: Jul11 Contract: 1/11/11 Colours/Electrical/Sentinel/Aircon: Nov11 CDC: Dec11 File on hold: Dec11-Jun12 Construction: Jul12 Lock-up: 14th Nov http://hometanamal.blogspot.com.au/ Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 72Aug 12, 2012 12:27 pm Manhattan 37 builder We went instore to see it and it's great! What underlay do you recommend for it? I need to get close to a finished floor height of 34mm. Thanks! Oh one more question - what is your advice on ease of vacuuming? Feedback on the website shows customers comments about how it's hard to vacuum. Thanks! 1. On the Cloud 9 Cumulus underlay, you will have a finished height of 29mm (assuming you go with Gentle Essence, the No.1 popular range in S/S Silk), leaving only half a centremetre height to your other floor, which is fine. 2. In terms of vacuumming, you have to set your vacuum to MAXIMUM height so as to allow it to go over such a thick carpet. Customers who leave the setting at normal or low, with beater bars and brushes going etc can find it a work out Here is another article that briefly talks about Smartstrand Silk and why it's so soft etc. http://flooringadviceblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/smartstrand-silk-softest-carpet-in-world.html CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 73Aug 12, 2012 9:08 pm [/quote]
In the meantime, and again in the Eastern States, and produced by the same company is Everstrand. The original post consumer recycled plastic bottle carpet fom the USA. Check the video section on THIS site (right side of screen) for the video. It is great to see companies recycling like this. The underlay we use is also made fom recycling foam but unlike the carpet it's made right here in Australia by Dunlop.[/quote] In response to HN, who are doing a great job with promoting & selling a fantastic American made product that is Exclusive to them in Oz. I would like to mention that Australian Consumers can also Purchase the Redbook Green & Redbook Green Ultrasoft which is manufactured here in Victoria Australia. So I'm flying the Aussie made Flag with my suggestion, which I prefer to do all the time as employing people overseas seems crazy to me when We have great people here in our own country that need work. I would also recommend purchasing your new Redbook Green or Redbook Green Ultrasoft carpet from a Carpet Court Store as that's where I am employed & ask for a quality Australian Made Dunlop Underlay. I would personally be using products such as the Springtred Extra (9mm 95kg/m3 density), Springtred Ultimate (10mm 120kg/m3 density) or there is a 10mm 100kg/m3 product but I don't have the name of it at this moment. The original Redbook Green carpet is a solution dyed Triexta product which differs to the Mohawk Smartstrand. The Redbook Green Ultrasoft is not solution dyed but uses a new dyeing process which is possibly similar to Smartstrand & from what I can understand from the information I can gather at this time, Ultrasoft is the Aussie made equivalent of Mohawk's Smartstrand Silk. Soda Pop Bottle Carpet or P.E.T. is the opposition product to Triexta from what I am told. Mohawk push Sorona, Shaw pushes P.E.T. 2 products that will likely do the same job, but use a different method to achieve it. 37% Corn Sugar or Recycled Plastic bottles to make the Polymer. This is purely my opinion & in no way reflects the opinion of anyone but me..... Enjoy life. Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 75Aug 13, 2012 1:02 pm gizmoe In response to HN, who are doing a great job with promoting & selling a fantastic American made product that is Exclusive to them in Oz. I would like to mention that Australian Consumers can also Purchase the Redbook Green & Redbook Green Ultrasoft which is manufactured here in Victoria Australia. So I'm flying the Aussie made Flag with my suggestion, which I prefer to do all the time as employing people overseas seems crazy to me when We have great people here in our own country that need work. I would also recommend purchasing your new Redbook Green or Redbook Green Ultrasoft carpet from a Carpet Court Store as that's where I am employed & ask for a quality Australian Made Dunlop Underlay. I would personally be using products such as the Springtred Extra (9mm 95kg/m3 density), Springtred Ultimate (10mm 120kg/m3 density) or there is a 10mm 100kg/m3 product but I don't have the name of it at this moment. The original Redbook Green carpet is a solution dyed Triexta product which differs to the Mohawk Smartstrand. The Redbook Green Ultrasoft is not solution dyed but uses a new dyeing process which is possibly similar to Smartstrand & from what I can understand from the information I can gather at this time, Ultrasoft is the Aussie made equivalent of Mohawk's Smartstrand Silk. Soda Pop Bottle Carpet or P.E.T. is the opposition product to Triexta from what I am told. Mohawk push Sorona, Shaw pushes P.E.T. 2 products that will likely do the same job, but use a different method to achieve it. 37% Corn Sugar or Recycled Plastic bottles to make the Polymer. This is purely my opinion & in no way reflects the opinion of anyone but me..... Enjoy life. Hi Gizmoe, PET is not in the same league as PTT. We know our local manufacturers have been striving to catch up to Mohawk and if what you say is true, then thats great for Australian consumers and Australian carpet manufacturing. CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 76Aug 16, 2012 10:14 pm HN Flooring Team gizmoe Hi Gizmoe, PET is not in the same league as PTT. We know our local manufacturers have been striving to catch up to Mohawk and if what you say is true, then thats great for Australian consumers and Australian carpet manufacturing. Only time will tell This is purely my opinion & in no way reflects the opinion of anyone but me..... Enjoy life Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 77Aug 17, 2012 6:05 am PET is polyester and PTT is triexta. Completely different fibres. Completely different in molecular structure, in durability, in stain resistance, and in softness. We already know which is better. We sell both so it's not some bias point of view. Just reality. CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 79Aug 19, 2012 5:36 pm Yes. They are different fibres. The article Is probably a little too complementary of PET though (in comparison to PTT), but given that's a big part of their business, it would be shocking if it weren't ! CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: The greatest carpet in the world has arrived in OZ ! 80Aug 21, 2012 10:21 pm Nylon was junk when it 1st appeared too, PET has a bad name with old school Retailers. I sell both as well & I really like the Sorona & it would probably be my best selling domestic fibre, but I still keep an open mind. 1 11148 1 15947 they can, it's a fairly standard solution when the slab isn't recessed. the falls need to be in the main floor, if it hasn't been done then you need to ask them to redo… 4 6650 |