Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular preference of flooring, particularly in areas of your home where comfort is crucial, like living spaces 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 large range of colours and designs to match any design of interior decoration, as well as in a number of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more common types of fibre materials include the man-made 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 produced by utilising 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 categorised according to their performance and how well they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are typically 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 enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.