Carpet and Flooring

Discover more about our hard and soft flooring, underlay and carpet tests

Quality, longevity and safety are important factors in determining the characteristics and attributes of flooring, carpet and carpet products for both consumers and commercial industries. Our lab offers an extensive range of flooring and carpet tests to determine and measure quality standards, efficiency, safety and regulatory compliance.

Density is one of the key indicators of carpet quality and can vary greatly. While wool is recognised around the world as being the ultimate fibre for top-quality carpets, it’s important to remember that not all wool is the same. This is where technical expertise and testing can help determine the most suitable and relevant product.

Contact us about carpet and flooring tests

Carpet and flooring tests we offer:

  • Constructional details
  • Appearance retention
  • Performance
  • Fibre content
  • Flammability
  • Colour fastness to various agencies 
  • Compression testing
  • Staining
  • Delamination
  • Fibre loss
  • Pilling and fuzzing
  • Underlay tests
  • Abrasion
  • Static propensity
  • ACCS tests
  • Insect resist agents (Permethrin, Bifenthrin)

Products we regularly test:

  • Wool and synthetic carpets
  • Hard flooring
  • ACCS graded carpet
  • Underlay

Request a test

Request a Carpet or Flooring Test via the online form here or email the team directly at textiles@nzwta.co.nz for more information.

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