Energy Efficiency - Future-proofing your home against increasingly expensive energy consumption makes good financial sense.

Up to 10% of heat escapes through the floor. Carpet and quality underlay can help insulate a home which will reduce heating costs and create a warmer more comfortable home.

Health & Safety - keep your family safe by incorporating future-proof materials and systems into your home.

Your living environment has a major effect on the health and safety of you and your family. Some important areas to consider are:

• Norman Ellison anti-allergenic carpet: eliminates dust mites, mould, mildew, and bacteria from the carpet which are the common triggers of asthma and allergies

• Microban underlay (exclusive product), proven anti-microbial preventing the mould that can cause smells and allergies.

• Non slip vinyls, helps to prevent slips and falls in the home, especially good for laundries, bathrooms and wet areas of the home.

• Carpet and high quality underlay helps to cushion falls, providing a soft surface to land on, especially good for rumpus rooms, kids play areas.

Life Cycle Costing - evaluate what a product or service will cost you over its entire life cycle rather than focusing on short-term savings.

Life cycle costing is about working out how much something costs over its life time. More expensive materials that last longer can work out to be more cost effective than low-cost, short-life alternatives.

• Installation costs are the same no matter what the cost of the carpet. So it may be that spending a little more on the carpet you will get something that will last longer, doesn't need to be replaced as often and will work out to be more cost effective.

• The same can be said for other products as well, it often pays to choose a tile, wooden floor etc that while it may be more expensive to start with, will last longer and be more cost effective in the long run.

Quality Assurance - For a future-proof home, insist on quality materials that are correctly installed by professionals.

Quality products, reputable brands and highly qualified trades people are the key to a long lasting installation that looks good and gives lasting pleasure.

• Our lifetime installation warranty gives you confidence in the quality of installation.

• Manufacturers wear warranties, texture appearance warranties, and the independent Wools of New Zealand ratings all help.

Resource Responsibility - diminishing natural resources have highlighted the importance of reducing waste and using renewable energy solutions.

It used to be that there was no such thing as water restrictions, or high energy costs, and little was heard about volumes of waste. Now there is scientific evidence that our lifestyles are having a major environmental impact on the earth. Resource responsibility is about minimising that impact.

• Our underlay is made using offcuts and contains recycled material.

• Wool is a renewable product.

• Use of sustainable forest timber in wooden flooring products.

Sound Control - one of the most frustrating forms of pollution in the home is also one of the easiest to deal with - noise pollution.

Noise pollution is one of the most common problems in a modern home. Sound control is designed to cut down interior noise and sound from outside the home.

• Carpet systems (carpet and good quality underlay) provide a great sound barrier, effectively muffling sound, especially between floors.

• Garage carpet muffles noise.

• Acoustic underlay for under wooden or laminate floors helps to deaden the sound of footfall.

Space Management - future-proof your home and simplify your life through flexible room design, access and storage space.

With more demands on living space than ever before we need ensure you make the best use of the space available to accommodate the demands of a modern family lifestyle.

• Garage carpet means that you can create an extra room in your home. Great for kids on a rainy day, band practice or a rumpus room for teenagers.