Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular selection of flooring, particularly in areas of your house where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a wide range of colours and designs to match any style of interior decoration, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more popular examples of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are commonly available in short or deep pile and can be produced by employing a range of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets can come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these different types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how well they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are generally specified to be either medium domestic, meaning bedrooms or studies, heavy domestic, specifying living and dining rooms, and very heavy domestic, suited to utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.