Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a wide array of colours and styles to accommodate any type of interior decoration, as well as in a number of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more widespread examples of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are usually available in short or deep pile and can be produced using 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 kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how well they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are typically graded 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 look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.