Feature from Environmental Building News
November 1, 1994
Sidebar: Mechanical Carpet Fastening
TacFast™ is a hook-and-loop (“Velcro”) carpet fastening technology that is licensed on a royalty basis to carpet manufacturers. The principle is very simple: a fabric with protruding fiber loops is attached to the back of the carpet, and a four-inch-wide tape with hooks on the back goes down on the floor. The hook tape is installed around the perimeter of rooms, at all carpet seams, and any other place where extra bonding of the carpet is advised. Tape for the TacFast system is manufactured by both Velcro Industries and 3M. This system holds the carpet firmly in place, yet permits easy removal for repositioning or replacement.
Wes Conneley, a technical manager for Wools of New Zealand, was sold on TacFast when he saw it working at the North York Performing Arts Center in Ontario, Canada. Painters working on a section of wall had simply peeled the carpet back out of harm’s way and were saved from the usual hassle of protecting a carpet from spills and splatters.
For details, and a list of participating carpet mills, contact TacFast Systems Canada Limited, 15 Wertheim Court, Suite 102, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3H7, Canada; 905/886-0785, 905/886-5765 (fax).
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