Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular choice of flooring, especially in rooms of your home where comfort is valuable, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet defines a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a large range of colours and styles to match any design of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Some of the more widespread types 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 made by employing a variety of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may be found in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these different types of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how well they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are usually specified 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.