Floor covering estimator and associated method

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention provide tools for assessing damaged floor coverings to determine LKQ replacement values and face weights for carpet. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes the steps of determining a yarn price constant for a plurality of carpet types, where the yarn price constant represents the price of a single tuft of yarn for a respective carpet type measured at a predetermined pile height and receiving, from a user, data relating to the damaged carpet's construction. The data may further include the damaged carpet's pile height and stitch density. Using a computing device, the yarn type of the damaged carpet is estimated based at least in part on the received data relating to the damaged carpet's construction. A database may then be queried with at least a portion of the data received to retrieve an associated yarn price constant and an LKQ replacement value calculated by multiplying the received damaged carpet's pile height and stitch density with the associated yarn price constant.

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