Our carpets

We control test our products on a monthly basis ensuring that all our products are manufactured to the highest possible degree at all times. This is to guarantee that we consistently deliver quality to our customers.

The European and British Standards that our products are tested to include the following:

BS 4051: 1987 (1996) - total thickness

BS 4098:1975 (1996) - compression and recovery test

BS 4939:1987 (1996) - static loading test

BS 4052:1987 - dynamic loading test

BS EN 1307- classification of pile carpets, covers weight specifications, pile details and performance tests such as the hexapod.

Carpet Foundation Testing

All our carpets are also subjected to the intense scrutiny of the European standard BS EN 1307 by the Carpet Foundation. The Carpet Foundation obtains carpets from our product portfolio and then has these tested at an independent laboratory. The result of these tests allows the Carpet Foundation to award quality marks for our carpets.

Axminster Carpets Ltd

Axminster Carpets Ltd holds BS Quality assurance 1SO 9001 1994 which means that all our products are manufactured to the highest possible degree of control assuring our customers of the best quality products available on the market.

Axfelt 65, our underlay

Our underlay, Axfelt 65, has been tested by the BCTC and conforms to the following standards:

BS 4790

BS 5287 : 1987 (1996)

BS 5808 1991 (!996) (contract)

The above British Standards test for, compression, static loading test, breaking strength and elongation, resistance to breaking and cracking of underlay, thickness of underlay.