Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Some People Run Miles, DWP Stitches Them!

DWP Carpet Binding has been fortunate these past couple of weeks to have had great jobs in house! There were two jobs in particular that were huge. The linear footage involved in one job was over a mile! The other big job was equivalent to a quarter mile in linear footage.

These were great binding jobs to have in house, because they kept us busy for a two week period. The time frame is mostly due to the jobs coming in segments, but DWP was so happy to have the jobs come to us!

We also received a call from a New Jersey store asking about job-site work in Syracuse, NY (the job's linear footage is over 2.25 miles). Of course they're merely calling for a job quote as they are bidding on the job as we speak, so it may or may not come into fruition. Whether or not we get the job, we were happy to receive the phone call. The truth is that we have done job-site work in the past, but it was always within Connecticut.  Having the ability to do job-site work out of state shows one facet of how seriously we take our binding business. As a two-man team you would think that we would decline to make a quote. However, our resources and our business connections that Dan has built over the years, really puts an Ace up our sleeves. The truth is, that many people like and respect Dan. Having the ability to call different people as resources only shows how far we are willing to go to provide solutions to problems. Dan keeps one phrase in mind, "We don't say no to anything!"

Aside from the big jobs and potential big jobs, we have had a lot of serging work, binding work for area rugs and carpet base jobs as well. In the past two weeks we have pumped out a ton of work. Yesterday, was the last day where we finally caught up with everything and are prepared for the next segment of work to come into our hands. DWP Carpet Binding would like to thank our customers for their loyalty. If not for your trust in us, we would not have had such great business opportunities!

Now, I'd like to give a little 4-1-1 for the readers:
In previous blogs I've talked about having to use latex on certain types of carpets. The prime example would be woven rugs. When you cut into a woven rug, typically it will unravel until you have sew on the secure binding option of choice (poly binding, serging, fringe, etc.). Some people may frown at the extra cost to latex a piece of carpet prior to cutting, however it is the best preventative maintenance for your carpet (and in most cases absolutely necessary). Below are pictures we recently received from a piece that was cut, bound & fringed without being latexed prior to cutting. Although the carpet held up after being cut, the fabrication work was too much strain on the carpet, ultimately causing for the carpet to pull away.

Top facing: Carpet began to "pull apart"/unravel right beyond stitching of fringe.

Back facing, same carpet.
As the carpet is woven it is done so in rows. You can see in the pictures that there are distinct rows that are being pulled away from the rest of the carpet. This could happen for a number of reasons, however, in this case the main factor was that the carpet needed latex on each end.

As mentioned in previous blogs, latex is a liquid adhesive that is applied to the carpet's edge then rubberizes as it dries to really solidify the perimeter where applied. Adding latex to the perimeter of a carpet really aids in the longevity of use. It is also a great application for older rugs that are not woven. Most carpets have what is called an "action back". It's the standard backing of a carpet whether it be a plush, frieze, commercial loop, etc. When a carpet is used for a number of years, that backing begins to break down which is known as "delaminate". If there were a piece that was in decent shape from the front facing, yet the backing had began to delaminate, latex could be used in order to keep the carpet in a useful form without the cost of replacing the carpet. There have been many times that DWP Carpet Binding received an area rug, where the binding needed to be replaced and we have applied latex to the perimeter in order to give the carpet a better chance at holding up against time and wear.

In regards to the blue woven carpet pictured above, we used latex on each end , bound and fringed the ends. The edges are now solid as a rock with that latex. The customer should have no further problems anytime soon!

This concludes your Binding 101 portion of class today.

As always DWP Carpet Binding says THANK YOU to all of our customers!
We are very happy to be your full-service carpet binding shop!


Have a great week, everybody!

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