Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular preference of flooring, in particular in areas of your home where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge range of colours and designs to match any design of interior decoration, as well as in a multitude of different kinds of fibre and piles. A few of the more common examples of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are frequently available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by using a variety of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these diverse types of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how effectively they are suited 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.