What are Carpet Tiles?

Curious about the new trend of carpet tiles? Why choose tiles over traditional carpet? We’ll give you all the benefits of carpet tiles and teach you how you can use them in your own home or business!

Carpet tiles have been around for over 50 years and were originally developed for homes as a hardwearing alternative to traditional broadloom carpet. Carpet tiles offer many advantages over traditional broadloom and make designing your own floor scheme easy. Recently there have been some great new designs introduced. Interior designers, makeover programs and interior magazines are increasingly presenting carpet tiles as a new design trend.

The benefits and applications to using carpet tiles over broadloom include:

1. Cost effectiveness

• Carpet tiles include a strong backing so they require no underlay or adhesives and produce less waste than other flooring types – saves time and money
• Carpet tiles are fairly easy to install, you can lay them yourself and save the cost of professional fitting.
• Easy to clean and if a tile is damaged, you can simply replace the tile rather than the whole floor.
• Easy to lift and take with you if you move home/office particularly if you are renting.

2. Ease of Installation

• Easy to load/unload as they are flat packed in boxes.
• Pallets can fit in elevators; they are easier to carry and they are predominantly less than 1 sqm in size.
• Carpet tiles can also be installed live, with minimal disrupt of business. Installations can be done in small areas or temporarily – you can even work around the furniture rather than empty the whole room.
• Easy to lay on top of laminate/vinyl/concrete with no need for underlay.
• Easy to fit in awkward shaped rooms.

3. Design flexibility and way-finding

• Carpet tiles allow for freedom with design, allowing you to give more depth and texture to a room.
• Infinite possibilities of patterns and colours.
• Colour coding to define different working zones or departments.
• Edging for corridors to draw the eye down a line and visually indicating the start and end.

4. Longevity

• Built to last – designed to prevent delamination and distortion.
• Cushion backing to absorb heavy foot traffic and equipment.
• Stain resisting, antimicrobial, moisture wicking features – reduce likelihood of mold, mildew and air quality problems.
• Easy to clean and replace
• Unlimited design flexibility – easy to breathe new life into existing carpet without scrapping the whole carpet just by strategically replacing old tiles with new “accent” tiles.

5. Repair

• Easy to get underneath the tiles to access electrical wiring.

Let us help you create a world of possibilities with our carpet tile designs.
At Trade Link International, we have a wide range of carpet tiles manufactured by many of the leading carpet tile manufacturers who produce the highest quality modular tile carpets for the global markets.
We offer a wide range of high quality residential and commercial carpets.

Versatile Designs To Suit Any Application

Carpet tiles designs include a wide range of colours and patterns (geometric, linear, organic, plain or textured).

These carpet tiles can be used in a multitude of imaginative patterns and styles, providing a stunning feature for your space.

Cost Effective: Mix ‘n Match Carpet Tiles

This new cost effective design solution makes it possible to create a wide variety of carpet tiles in mixed colours and patterns that can be purchased in pallet stock sizes at reduced prices.
Mix ‘n Match tiles vary from classy greys through to colourful brights and come in a mix of blocks of colour, subdued complimentary designs or striking designer jet feature patterns making them an attractive solution for a variety of installation sizes and at a reduced cost.

Custom Designs: Designer Jet Technology 
Designer Jet is world class print technology which opens an infinite array of stunning colours and customisable designs you would never have thought possible in a carpet.
Put together inspirational patterns to demonstrate the endless possibilities that can be realised with Designer jet custom carpet printing. Inspire and individualise your workplace with original designs you never thought possible on a floor.

Features: Performance and Sustainability
Carpet Tiles ticks all of the boxes when it comes to the form and functionality required in modern buildings. Some of the features include:

   Level Loop Pile: Loops of yarn create a stylish finish with a soft, smooth  feel. Well suited to heavy trafficked areas and does not show footprints.

   Anti-static: permanent conductive fibre, safe for electronics.

  Bioshield: inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold and mildew.

 Stain guard: stain resistance for most food and beverages.

  SDN fade resistant: colours will not fade from natural sunlight.

 Contract heavy duty: wear resistant, suitable for heavy traffic areas.

 Eco-friendly: made from recycled material, 100% PVC free, ECS certified (Level 4).