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Interlocking Beech Flooring and the Home's Carpeting

In this segment, Bob looks at the click-together beech flooring from Kahrs in the key hall. Gary Johnston from DuPont meets Bob in the media room to discuss new innovations in carpeting. The homeowner chose carpeting for its comfort level, which is ideal for a media room. Gary explains that DuPont Stainmaster is ideal for such a high-traffic area because its advanced Teflon repel system keeps the carpet 40 percent cleaner. Gary goes through the installation process and points out the carbon core in each tuft of carpet that cuts down on static electricity, not unlike a miniature lightning rod.
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Interlocking Beech Flooring and the Home's Carpeting

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" We're in the key hall now. And I want to show you deployed here these are cares products and it's a real wood product here we reeling at the beach the neat thing about this floor is that it's installed without any nails or glue it's an interlocking system we've used it throughout the downstairs we've also got an oak upstairs possibly give you peek at this wonderful Norwegian grandfather clock that was. I think it was -- fathers. It's probably early nineteenth century but in here we're gonna talk about carpet in the media room and we got Gary Johnston from DuPont who's gonna tell us all about. What sort of carpet we've put down here right well --"

" Here Bob this is DuPont's Stainmaster carpet and the reason we selected it to go in this room is because this -- casual room and a lot of activity in here. So you may have a lot of food and their things in here as people -- Engage the entertainment system -- and it's also comfort level away when you're in the media room or -- library it's nice that -- law oh yeah people like to get down on the floor if there's anything great about carpet it's that it feels good now what is it about the DuPont Stainmaster that will protected against the Coca-Cola in the mustard off the hot dog or whatever well what you've got here -- you've got the advanced teflon repel system in all Stainmaster carpet what that does is keep the carpet 40% cleaner. 26% better vacuuming. So you're there your spills just don't penetrate it comes what about installation. Well installation is very simple basically you have to put down a nice cushion -- quality cushion under your carpet that helps work as a shock absorber to absorb foot traffic keeps your carpet looking better over a period of time. And then -- make sure that it's installed with a power stretcher so get a nice even smooth finish on. Now Gary explain one thing I understand that this carpet also cuts down on static electricity in the room how does that work oh yes it does Bob in fact inside these little tufts here of carpet there's a little carbon core which acts like a little miniature lightning rod. So as you generate static electricity. It doesn't go into you it goes into the carpet. What -- they think up next thanks scary stuff."

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