Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular preference of flooring, especially in areas of your house where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a large array of colours and designs to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. A number of the more popular 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 typically available in short or deep pile and can be produced by employing a range of production 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 various kinds of carpet are rated according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are usually rated 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 improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.