" I think my first question about Walter Wall is how you get a real good tight installation?"

" Well, I have a little piece of tackles here they call it. It's designed on an angle to grab the carpet on the pins."

" So, this is the most important element in----"

" I say so. Yes."

" getting the tackles down."

" Yes."

" And any tips on how it should be installed?"

" Well, I'm gonna go show you something like here please. We have it here, you put it away from the wall, roughly I say, a fingertip, 1/4 of an inch."

" Yeah."

" What it does is, so the carpet can come on to it and tack."

" And tack right over it."

" Right."

" That's nice and clean."

" So that's the key element right?"

" Yes."

" Now over here, we have. It's a little bit different because we have a baseboard heat."

" Yeah."

" So what we're doing here is, you know, we stay, you have to put your fingers straight down on it like that."

" Yeah. Right off the face of the baseboard heat."

" Right."

" Because you can't get under it."

" Uh huh."

" And the carpet just arises a little underneath----"

" Okay."

" of the baseboard."

" Now, what about the pad that's being used? What kind of pad is it?"

" It's a 1/2 inch residential foam pad."

" Uh huh."

" Uh, there's a piece there."

" Now, is that a better type of padding to use as opposed to that the jute fiber pads?"

" It's a quality piece."

" Yeah."

" The jute pad wouldn't be good here because it's more commercial."

" You get more bounce, it's cushier."

" Absolutely."

" This is the cushier carpet job, yes----"

" Right."

" especially in the master's bedroom. "

" Absolutely."

" Well, a couple of weeks ago, we went shopping for the carpet. Take a look."

" So, I guess the first question is, when you're shopping for carpets, should the price point be the first consideration?"

" With over 3,000 things to choose from, that is probably the most confusing place to choose."

" Uh huh."

" To start. We try to get our customer to focus in on the texture, the color, and the performance."

" So never mind dollars. First let's talk about the texture."

" Let me show you an example of a highly textured carpet that's very popular this day. This particular one is a geometric Berber. This is a very highly textured."

" Is this wool?"

" This particular one is a 90% polypropylene and 10% nylon. "

" Really."

" Now this a plain Berber up here right?"

" That's right."

" Yeah, the Berber tribes used to weave these beautiful woolen rugs."

" That's right Bob."

" But I guess they're made out of synthetics now."

" Yes. They are a little bit more practical and more less price prohibitive."

" Yeah."

" And we've chosen this one for Paul's office and for the stairway. It's very practical. It's a nice neutral color."

" So it's a good choice for staircase because it's flat, right?"

" Right, right, it will take a lot of wear and tear."

" I like that neutral color."

" Do you?"

" But what about brighter colors?"

" For brighter colors, the choice here to offer our customer, we have a rack to choose over 60 different colors at one time. It shows anything from the very dramatic to the more subtle earth tones."

" Fabulous."

" Well, Paul and Irene didn't want anything quite this is committed to color for their bedrooms."

" That is a strong statement isn't it?"

" They've chosen something a little more in the neutral line."

" Uh huh."

" And that would be right over here."

" What about performance stuff?"

" Well, the performance, we have a performance rating system in all our carpets. We rate everything on a scale of 4 to 9-1/2. The one that we selected is this particular one. This is made by Shaw Industries."

" Now, let's talk about this performance rating though. What's the rating based on?"

" The rating is based on the scale of 4 to 9-1/2 and then it is based on the type of yarn. In this case it's nylon. "

" Yeah."

" The density, the twist, and the warranty availability."

" Okay, and you were saying this is made here in America in Georgia? Made in Dalton, Georgia by Shaw Industries who is the largest carpet manufacturer in the world."

" Uh huh! So where is this being used then?"

" That thing is in the master bedroom. "

" Nice choice."

" Yes."

" So, what we have here now is we were talking before about how uniform in getting the tackles close to the edge."

" Yeah."

" That gives us a nice touch."

" So you were saying he's pinned the carpet down on this side."

" This is pinned, right."

" So that he can work over at the other end of it just to----"

" What we'll do is stretch it----"

" Yeah."

" all the way down which is 25 feet."

" What do you call that tool?"

" It's a kicker."

" A kicker, boy."

" A kicker, yeah."

" Really must do a job on your knee after a while. And that is stretching the carpet. Even when we're walking on it, it pulls it."

" Absolutely, do you feel it under your feet?"

" Right, right. This room is 25 feet----"

" Right."

" by about 14. It's a good sized room."

" Absolutely."

" Alright, so in this situation, we've got the baseboard heat so you don't have to worry about----"

" Tacking it."

" tacking it as much because it is not visible back there?"

" Right and that's how we discussed it and we discussed it earlier how it rises underneath the radiator----"

" Uh huh."

" more or less."

" Uh huh."

" That's why the tackles can stay away at that point."

" Right now all these----"

" Now, look at that. He just takes that chisel."

" And tucks it right in."

" And tucks it right behind."

" Nice and uniform."

" And that's all there is to it, right?"

" That's right."

" Keep on going 25 feet. Nice job buddy."