Marcia F.
Braided carpet comes apart
I bought a 6 x 9 foot braided carpet from Safavieh, item BRD173A-6, and while I quite like the appearance of the carpet, I am very dissatisfied with the wear of the carpet after few months of use in a den with very little foot traffic. There are threads popping up and fuzzy material balling on the top that makes the carpet look as if it has dust balls throughout. I wrote to the company and was told that what they called "pulls and sprouting" was "normal" for a hand woven carpet. Among their suggestions was to push the fiber back into the carpet and glue it, or to take the carpet to a carpet restorer. Imagine having to glue the threads down of few month old carpet or have to take it for restoration. I have another braided carpet over 30 years old and it is in better condition than this new one from Safavieh. If their carpets are so delicate, they should be sold as wall hangings not for use under foot.


