Axminster Carpets has successfully completed the second installation of bordered carpets at the Royal Albert Hall.

This award winning installation called upon all of Axminster Carpets knowledge and expertise in bespoke contract carpet projects to ensure the results met the demands of this prestigious location.

Axminster is well known for producing intricate ground designs with integral borders utilising the un-matched capabilities of computer controlled jacquard Axminster looms, and the Royal Albert Hall installation was no exception.

The numerous hurdles that Axminster Carpets had to overcome to achieve the final dramatic results demonstrate the skill, precision and accuracy of Axminster Carpets design team.

Briefed to produce approximately 4000sqm of bordered carpets for the rooms, corridors, stairs and landings in a Victorian design and border with complimentary outfill, the initial challenge was to ensure that the concert halls famous oval shaped corridors were fitted with bordered carpet with no recesses. This task was made more complicated as the oval horseshoe was not symmetrical, a problem solved by producing three tiers in different shapes.

Added to this, Axminster Carpets design team, aided by Linney-Cooper contract installers, had to measure, to the highest degree of accuracy, two under stair bar areas, and allow for the fact that they were still under construction.

Furthermore, all the installation had to be carried out while the Royal Albert Hall still hosted events and rehearsals, meaning the carpet had to be laid during the night with military precision.

The installation specified an Axminster with an 80% wool 20% nylon blend. The yarn, spun in the company's own Buckfast spinning mill incorporated a majority British Wool blend component and the company's own Drysdale fleece for resilience, lasting good looks and exceptional hard wear substantially the same blend as in the previous installation supplied by Axminster some eight years ago, ensuring comfort, acoustic and safety qualities continue to be enjoyed by the patrons of the Royal Albert Hall.

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