Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of your house where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a variety of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a wide range of colours and patterns to accommodate any type of interior decor, as well as in a multitude of different types of fibre and piles. A number of the more common types of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are usually available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by using a range of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets are available in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these different kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are usually graded to be either medium domestic, meaning bedrooms or studies, heavy domestic, specifying living and dining rooms, and very heavy domestic, suitable for utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.