# Carpet, Flooring & Acoustics Carpet tile, resilient flooring, acoustic panels and entrance matting — specified by use class, fire class and αw. Published: 2026-08-21 · Last updated: 2026-09-30 ## Contents 1. Short answer 2. What we supply in this category 3. Specification items and the correct standards 4. Absorption classes 5. Frequently Asked Questions 6. Sources 7. Related guides 8. Related categories 9. Send your list — your quote is ready within 1 business day. Frequently ordered in this category | Group | Typical items | | --- | --- | | Carpet | Carpet tiles, broadloom carpet, entrance matting systems, stair nosings, carpet adhesive and tackifier | | Resilient flooring | Vinyl tiles and planks (LVT), homogeneous and heterogeneous sheet vinyl, rubber flooring, safety flooring, welding rod | | Laminate and engineered | Laminate flooring, engineered wood, underlay, expansion profiles, skirting | | Subfloor preparation | Levelling compounds, primers, moisture barriers, adhesives, trowels and spreaders | | Acoustic panels | Wall and ceiling absorber panels, baffles and clouds, acoustic screens, felt and fabric-wrapped panels | | Entrance and matting | Aluminium entrance grids, scraper mats, logo mats, anti-fatigue mats, wet area matting | | Accessories | Transition profiles, edge trims, floor sockets, cleaning and maintenance products matched to each floor type | Not a catalogue — a scope indicator. If an item you need is not listed, it is almost certainly still within scope; send the description and we will price it. The items in this category are part of a pool of **24 listed items** here, published together with every other category on the [A to Z supply list](https://aksco.com.tr/en/products/supply-list/) — each with a short technical description and the unit it is ordered in. The same list is downloadable as a brand-free [technical specification in Word and a unit-price schedule in Excel](https://aksco.com.tr/en/specifications/). That pool is a starting point rather than a boundary: items outside it are quoted the same way, from their measurable specification. ## Which two numbers decide an office carpet specification? **Use class** and **fire class**. Use classes come from EN ISO 10874: **Class 32** for normal office areas, **Class 33** for corridors, reception and high-traffic zones. On fire, contract carpet tiles typically achieve **Bfl-s1** under EN 13501-1 — note that floor coverings have **no s3 class and no droplet suffix**, so a “Bfl-s3” certificate is wrong. On acoustics, the honest answer is that **carpet alone does not satisfy office reverberation requirements**: Turkish building acoustics regulation places the absorption duty on the **ceiling** at **αw ≥ 0.75**, while a carpet tile typically measures 0.15–0.25. Carpet’s real contribution is impact-sound reduction (ΔLw ≈ 25–30 dB). **Scope:** We supply **materials** in this category. We do not provide floor laying, adhesive application and acoustic panel installation labour. Within İstanbul an installation crew can be arranged on request and shown as a separate line in the quote. Beyond that — across all 81 provinces of Türkiye and on export shipments abroad — our commitment ends with delivery of the materials to the delivery point named on the quote, under the Incoterm agreed for export orders. ## What we supply in this category - Carpet tiles — Classes 31, 32 and 33 - Broadloom carpet and runners - PVC and LVT flooring, homogeneous and heterogeneous vinyl - Epoxy and polyurethane floor coatings - Adhesives, screed, levelling compounds and primers - Skirting, transition profiles and stair nosings - Entrance matting, scraper mats and recessed matting systems - Anti-fatigue and anti-slip industrial matting - Acoustic ceiling panels, baffles and clouds - Acoustic wall panels, fabric-wrapped and felt panels - Desk-mounted and freestanding acoustic screens - Sound insulation: mineral wool, glass wool, rubber underlay - Acoustic door seals and threshold strips - Raised access flooring and floor trunking ## Specification items and the correct standards What to request — and which standard actually applies | Item | Standard | Example value | | --- | --- | --- | | Use class | EN ISO 10874 (with EN 1307) | Class 33 | | Pile weight | ISO 8543 | 700 g/m² | | Pile height | ISO 1766 | 3.5 mm | | Tuft density | ISO 1763 | 212,544 /m² | | Dimensional stability | EN 986 / ISO 2551 | ≤ 0.2% | | Castor chair test | ISO 4918 | r ≥ 2.4 | | Antistatic | ISO 6356 Method A | < 2.0 kV | | Fire class | EN 13501-1 | Bfl-s1 | | Impact sound reduction | ISO 10140-3 | ΔLw ≈ 25–30 dB | Three standard numbers are routinely misquoted: antistatic in textiles is ISO 6356, not EN 1815 (which excluded textiles in 2016); the castor chair test is ISO 4918, not EN 1963 (an abrasion test); and textile floor coverings have no Class 34. ## Absorption classes EN ISO 11654 sound absorption classes | Class | αw values | | --- | --- | | A | 0.90 · 0.95 · 1.00 | | B | 0.80 · 0.85 | | C | 0.60 · 0.65 · 0.70 · 0.75 | | D | 0.30 · 0.35 · 0.40 · 0.45 · 0.50 · 0.55 | | E | 0.15 · 0.20 · 0.25 | These are discrete values, not ranges — αw is computed in 0.05 steps. Do not substitute the American NRC figure for αw. NRC is a plain average of four octave bands; αw uses reference-curve shifting and penalises low-frequency weakness. The same product typically reads about 0.10 higher in NRC. ## Frequently Asked Questions **Nearby categories:** [Safety Signage, Wayfinding & Boards](https://aksco.com.tr/en/products/safety-signage-wayfinding/) · [HVAC, Air Conditioning & Filters](https://aksco.com.tr/en/products/hvac-air-conditioning-filters/). A single request often spans several categories; they are priced in one quote and settled on one invoice. The full list is on [product categories](https://aksco.com.tr/en/products/), and Turkish procurement terms you will meet on the paperwork are explained in the [glossary](https://aksco.com.tr/en/glossary/). Will carpet fix our open-plan noise problem? Not on its own. Turkish building acoustics regulation places the absorption requirement on ceiling finishes at αw ≥ 0.75; carpet tiles typically measure 0.15–0.25. Carpet does deliver real impact-sound reduction and softens mid-to-high frequency reflections. The correct specification pairs an absorbent ceiling with carpet. Which fire class should we specify? Contract carpet tiles on the market generally achieve Bfl-s1, which sits safely above the Turkish minimum for both ordinary and high-rise buildings. Remember that floor coverings have no s3 class — a certificate showing one is incorrect. Which use class is needed for an office or a warehouse? Floor coverings carry a use class under EN ISO 10874: 21–23 for domestic, 31–34 for commercial (34 is not used for textiles) and 41–43 for light industrial areas, the last group for resilient and laminate products only. For a general office we start from class 32, and 33 for corridors and reception; a warehouse aisle with pallet truck traffic needs a product rated in the light-industrial classes. Specifying the class rather than a product name makes quotes comparable and prevents a domestic-grade product being priced against a commercial one. How is acoustic panel quantity estimated? From the room volume and the reverberation you are trying to reduce, using the panels’ absorption coefficient (αw) — not from wall area alone. A common starting point for a meeting room is treating 15–25% of the surface area with high-absorption panels, concentrated on the first-reflection surfaces. Ask for the αw value on every panel line; without it, two panels that look identical can differ by half in performance. Do you lay flooring? We supply the flooring, subfloor preparation materials and accessories. Laying, welding and levelling work are outside our scope; within İstanbul, installation can be arranged on request and appears as a separate line in the quote. Do you ship outside Türkiye? Yes. We deliver across all 81 provinces of Türkiye and arrange export shipments abroad. On export orders the delivery term is agreed at quotation stage under Incoterms 2020 — EXW, FCA, CPT or DAP — and the quote states which party arranges and pays for carriage, and where our responsibility ends. Country of origin, HS code and any conformity documents needed for export are settled at the same stage. What does an export quote include, and what does it not? It includes the goods, export packing where required, and carriage up to the point defined by the agreed Incoterm. It does not include destination-country duties, taxes or customs charges — those sit with the buyer. Cargo insurance is not automatic under EXW, FCA, CPT or DAP; if you want it arranged, say so in the request and it appears as a separate line. Turkish VAT is zero-rated on exports once export clearance is completed. Is there a minimum order for an export shipment? There is no fixed minimum, but freight economics set a practical floor: on a low-value single-line order, carriage can exceed the value of the goods. Consolidating several categories into one shipment is usually what makes an export order worth placing — which is the same reason our buyers consolidate domestically. Tell us the delivery country and we will say honestly whether the freight makes sense before you spend time on a specification. These three questions are the same on every category and industry page. The full answer — Incoterms, the document set and ISPM 15 packing — is in our [export shipping guide](https://aksco.com.tr/en/insights/export-shipping-from-turkiye/). ## Sources 1. [ISO 10874 — classification of floor coverings (Class 22+ removed by Amd 1:2020)](https://www.iso.org/standard/46255.html) 2. EN 13501-1 — reaction-to-fire classification of construction products; A1fl–Ffl classes for floorings with s (smoke) and d (droplets) sub-classes (CEN; the standard text is copyrighted) How we choose sources, verify figures and date our pages is set out in [how we source and verify what we publish](https://aksco.com.tr/en/editorial-standards/). Spotted an error? Write to [info@aksco.com.tr](mailto:info@aksco.com.tr) — verified errors are corrected. ## Related guides ### Corporate Purchasing in Türkiye: A Practical Guide Payment terms, VAT, invoicing and multi-site delivery explained for buyers new to the market. [Read more](https://aksco.com.tr/en/insights/procurement-in-turkiye-guide/) ### Single-Supplier Consolidation: 8 Advantages What consolidating dozens of suppliers into one actually saves. 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