Broadloom is most often sold for the purpose of being installed wall-to-wall. In residential homes, it is usually installed over an underpaid, but in commercial applications, it may be glued directly to the floor.
Because the broadloom comes in a specific width, installation can sometimes be tricky, if the room is wider or narrower than the carpet.
For rooms that are wider than the width of the roll, two or more pieces of broadloom will have to be seamed together. For rooms narrower than the width of the roll, the carpet will need to be cut down to the appropriate width. While doing so is not difficult, it usually means that the extra amount being cut off must still be purchased.
For example, in order to fit broadloom in a room 10 feet by 10 feet, one would need to purchase a piece of broadloom that is 10 feet by the width of the roll. So, for a broadloom sold on a 12-foot roll, the purchaser would have to buy a piece of carpet that is 12 feet by 10 feet.
Sometimes, for rooms smaller than the width of the broadloom, a carpet remnant may be found that is closer to the size actually required.
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