You look into it more and the misleading carpet fibers are twice as tall as the durable carpet.
Carpet oz weight.
Fiber face weight is not the same as total carpet weight which includes the weight of the carpet backing and the fiber face weight.
Don t use one factor alone as an indicator of a carpet s overall quality.
The misleading carpet has a 40 oz face weight and the durable carpet has a 35oz face weight.
Judging carpet quality.
The last consideration is face weight weight of the carpet pile per square yard.
Most carpets have a face weight somewhere between 20 ounces and 100 ounces but the average face weight for a residential carpet is about 35 to 60 ounces.
Even here though there are limitations to how much emphasis to place on.
The face weight of the carpet has no value as a criterion when comparing carpets of different styles but it is of some value when comparing two carpets in the same construction category.
The best level weighs in at 63 oz.
For example a carpet with a 50 ounce face weight and a pile height of 1 2 an inch would have a density of 3 600 ounces per cubic yard 50 x 36 0 5 3 600.
And i think you can see where i m going with this.