Thursday, March 1, 2012

QC Newsletter January 2012 - Carpet Fun Facts

Carpet Fun Facts

It takes 36 two liter bottles to produce one square yard of carpet.

45,000 yards of carpet would cover 7.5 NFL football fields!

Vacuum cleaners in the early 20th century were large, powered by coal, and required three people to operate them. Other early vacuums cleaners had to be parked outside a building and had long hoses that went through the windows. Yet another early version of the vacuum was installed in the house cellar and connected to a network of pipes that led to each room in the house.

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