The Inventor of the Carpet Tile

In 1924 P.J Van Heugten and his wife started in Amersfoort with the manufacture of saddle covers and cycling gloves. After buying a needle felt machine for the production of jute underlay, they started producing 1.5 m wide rolls of hair felt carpet with a bitumen backing in the early 1950s.

The first wall to wall carpet that could be laid loose!

After Heugten Sr experimented with leftover pieces, the idea of the Heuga carpet tiles was born. Initially it was only 25 x 25 cm in size, but then the successful 50 x 50 cm size was introduced.

In 1970, Peter Thannhauser,  the eldest grandson of the inventor of carpet tiles, started his own carpet company CONTINENTAL CARPETS. He not only sells all the locally manufactured carpet tiles but also imports carpet tiles made by Uncle Piet Van Heugten and carpet tiles made by his cousin Peter Van Heugten in Holland.

Continental Carpets boasts the largest selection and stockist of carpet tiles in Australia.

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