Carpet tile squares are more flexible than wall-to-wall carpeting and are a great way to decorate your house and fix torn carpet.

What are Carpet Tile Squares?

Carpet tile squares are exactly what they sound like. They're square pieces of carpet. They allow you to use one small piece of carpet rather than an entire role of carpet. They usually come in 18 by 18 inch squares. Their thickness, color and pattern vary. You can usually find a carpet tile square to match the carpet in your house.

Carpet tile squares are commonly used to repair torn pieces of carpet. They can easily be slipped into ripped areas. This allows the homeowner to fix the tear without replacing the entire carpet. These tears most commonly occur in high traffic areas.

Carpet tile squares are also placed in areas where homeowners need easy access. For example, you might lay your carpet as usual and then put a carpet square near the room's water line. This allows you to get the plumbing source without ripping up your carpet. If you're not sure how to do this, ask the professional installing your carpet if you need carpet tile squares.

Benefits to Using Carpet Tile Squares

Carpet tile squares are smaller pieces of carpet, so they offer the same advantages that carpet does. Unlike hardwood or laminate flooring, carpet acts as an insulator. This means it holds in the heat in the winter and the cold in the summer.

Carpet tile squares also block acoustics, or noise. A room with hardwood floors will not mute the noise level in the room. The wood floor helps the room to serve as an echo chamber. Carpet, on the other hand, acts as a buffer and limits some of the noise to the room.

Another great thing about carpet tile squares is that they're easy to ship. Rolled in carpet is huge and it weighs a lot. A big truck has to deliver the rolled in carpet to your house. Carpet squares, on the other hand, can easily be mailed and handled by the homeowner.

Carpet tiles can also be used to decorate a room. You can mix and match different carpet tiles to make a unique rug pattern in your house. This works best if you already have a main floor surface laid because it's more of a decorative solution.

Ordering Carpet Tile Squares

You can usually order carpet tile squares from the same company that manufactured your carpet. Check with the original manufacturer first because they will probably have carpet tile squares that match your carpet exactly. If they don't, or if your carpet's faded, trim a small piece of your carpet in an unnoticeable area and take the sample to a carpet stores. They should be able to help you match your carpet sample with the appropriate carpet tile squares.

When you order carpet tile squares, you should always order 5 to 10 percent more carpet than you actually need just in case you measured incorrectly.