From pure wool carpets to natural wood flooring, we can provide the effect you want. Our fitters will even clear the room of furniture before laying the floor and reinstate the layout on completion. Attention to detail is part of the service.

Material Things deal with most leading manufacturers and carpet suppliers including Brintons, Victoria, William Lomas, Ryalux and Tollgate to name but a few, and these are arranged in to Tufted, Wilton & Axminster types. Our expert advisers can assist you with choosing the different types of carpet depending on the room and wear it will take.

Our range of flooring also extends to Wood Flooring too. We have a range of Laminate and real wood veneered flooring from manufacturers such as UniClick and Steirer Parkett. All are on our unique click systems which are glueless, 'floating' systems which can be taken up, re-adjusted, and even relayed in different rooms.

From pure wool carpets to natural wood flooring, we can provide the effect you want.

• Free estimates and home selection service
• Fitting by our own specialist carpet fitters
• Room clearance and set up after completion
• Competitive prices to suit all budgets
• Excellent after sales service including maintenance advice
• Free delivery service on spend above £250
• Interest free credit available on spend above £1000

Weaving Methods

Traditional woven carpets such as axminster and wilton have been manufactured for over 200 years. The looms on which the carpets are woven have altered considerably over the years but the construction principal of interlocking the pile yarns with backing yarns is little changed.

In an axminster gripper weave, cut tufts of yarn are inserted at the point of weaving by means of grippers. For each tuft to be inserted along the width of the carpet, there is a corresponding metal gripper which rises from the bed of the loom to grip the appropriate coloured end of yarn from the vertical yarn carrier. A knife blade slices the tuft to the correct length, the gripper then returns to the bed of the loom and places the tuft in the appropriate position, the weft shots of the backing yarns then bind it into place.

Brintons wilton carpets are woven on looms designed and built by their own engineers in their own factory. They differ from traditional wilton looms as they have no "dead" or wasted yarns in the back. These advanced design looms weave two carpets as a sandwich, known as "face to face", which is then sliced into separate rolls. As with traditionally woven wilton carpet, Brintons face to face looms produce a durable woven product, which is hard wearing and dimensionally stable. The carpet does not suffer from the delamination and stability weakness often associated with tufted carpets.

A number of needles arranged across the width of the machine stitch yarns into a primary backing cloth, which is fed through the machine. Once the pile has been created, it is held in place by a latex backing. Secondary backings can be applied to add weight and handle to the product. Both cut and loop can be produced in the same carpet.

Fleece to Floor

The Brintons story begins in spring, in Britain and New Zealand, when the sheep are brought in to be sheared. Having supplied this most organic and renewable by-product, they return to the hills and fields to grow a new coat for the next year.

After being washed, the processed fleeces are taken to Brintons' yarn production plant in Telford, Shropshire. Unlike most other carpet manufacturers, Brintons spin and dye all our own yarn so that we can maintain ultimate quality control in creating the 'Brintons blend'; pioneered by the company back in the 1950s, the mix of 80 per cent wool for natural softness and 20 per cent nylon for strength, is the perfect blend for a beautiful carpet.

From selecting the raw wool to hand finishing, a Brintons carpet marries the latest technology to one of man's oldest and most favoured materials, to create a thing of beauty that will look and feel as good as when it was laid for years and years to come.