As we conclude 2025, we are honored to have contributed to the well-being of our local communities through partnerships with nonprofit organizations. Through in-kind donations, sponsorships, and volunteer initiatives, we have supported organizations dedicated to uplifting and empowering individuals locally. 

Thank you to all of the work that the staff, volunteers, and community put into these organizations to build a better place to call home. 

- Reach Out and Read KC
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of KC
- Girl Scouts of NE KS and NW MO
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City
- Helping Hands with J&J Contract
- Habitat for Humanity KC
- NAWBO KC
- Independence Chamber of Commerce Halloween Parade

We look forward to continuing support in our communities through 2026! Happy New Year! 

TARR or the Textile Appearance Retention Rating is a testing method in flooring that provides guidelines on how long your carpet will maintain its appearance after traffic. These ratings can be used to gauge if a product will withstand the amount of traffic that your space will encounter on a daily basis. 

TARR ratings can be used to evaluate how the face of the carpet will wear with light, moderate, heavy, and severe foot traffic. Severe Traffic requires a 3.5 or greater rating and are typically utilized for airports or similar public building. Heavy ratings at 3.0 and higher are typically considered for high traffic office space, corridors, office building public spaces, or similar high traffic areas. The minimum TARR rating for a light commercial space would be a 2.0, which would be for private office space, back of house areas that have minimal staff, or similar spaces that are not open to the public. 

If you are working on a budget and have multiple traffic levels, TARR ratings can be used to evaluate products to get the best value for mixed use. Mixing a product with Severe or Heavy rating for entries and common spaces and a more budget friendly Moderate or Light rating for back of house areas that won't need a high traffic wear can be a cost effective way to meet your needs. 

Although the TARR rating is a good indicator of how a product will perform in a space, there are other factors that will contribute to the overall performance of a product that are not tested in the TARR method. Those include variations in backings and padding, color of the fibers, maintenance, and other project specific factors. All of these factors should be evaluated when making the final selection for any space.  ​

Resources: 
PDMS - Texture Appearance Retention Rating (TARR) - Hexapod Information 

 A lot of conversations start with what type of fiber should I use- nylon or polyester, but once that has been decided, the conversation tends to stop. If you have decided on nylon, did you know that there is more than one type? Today I am joined by Nicole Buland with Mannington Commercial to give you a better understanding of Type 6,6 Nylon to start the conversation on which nylon is right for your project. 

Molecular Structure of Nylon 6,6 (2)

Resources: 
​The Chemistry Behind Nylon 6 6: Understanding Its Unique Properties And Applications - Fuchen Nylon Granules (2)
Nylon Carpet Fiber Type 6,6 by Universal Carpet Fibers, PowerPoint Presentation (1)
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We at Lucas Commercial Flooring like to say we are complete nerds when it comes to flooring. We like to talk about all of the fine details of what makes different kinds of flooring special, like how it is made, tested, and designed. All of our team has a wealth of experience, knowledge, and fun facts! 

With that in mind, we are starting a new series of videos and articles called "Nerdy About Flooring"... We hope you will follow along as we post new features. 

Nattalie has been contracting with Lucas Commercial Flooring since 2023 as a Virtual Assistant; however, we are excited to announce that Nattalie has officially joined the Lucas team full time as Executive Assistant!

Kansas City is officially back to school, and with that goes the youngest member of Lucas Flooring, Logan. Starting his first year of middle school, this was the first year, of hopefully many, that Logan joined the team through summer break to learn the flooring business.

Having grown up around the flooring industry since he was born, Logan came into the summer with a pretty good understanding of the basics, but this year he has gotten a behind the scenes look at everything that goes into a commercial flooring project. Measuring projects, cleaning carpets, picking out materials, and general office tasks were among a few of the tasks Logan got involved in over the summer. ​