Installation Instructions

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Tufted carpet – Carpet manufactured by the process of inserting pile yarns into a primary
backing fabric through needles.
Unitary carpet – Carpet back-coated with a compound intended to increase physical
properties normally without the addition of a secondary backing.
Working time (may be referred to as slip time) – The length of time available after
covering the adhesive with carpet to make adjustments or manipulate the carpet.
Woven carpet – Carpet produced on a loom. The lengthwise (warp) yarns and widthwise
(weft or filling) yarns are interlaced to form the fabric. Carpet weaves, such as Wilton,
Axminster and velvet, are complex, often involving several sets of warp and fill yarns for the
pile and backing.