Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of the house where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a wide array of colours and patterns to suit any design of interior decor, as well as in many different types of fibre and piles. A few of the more prevalent examples of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by utilising a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets are available in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the different kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are normally 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 install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.