Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular preference of flooring, especially in rooms of your home where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet defines a kind of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a large array of colours and styles to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Some of the more prevalent types of fibre materials include the synthetic 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 using a range 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 the diverse types of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully 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, suitable for utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.