Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a large range of colours and patterns to suit any design of interior decoration, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. A few of the more widespread 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 usually available in short or deep pile and can be made by employing a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may appear in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these various types of carpet are scored according to their performance and how effectively they stand up to different amounts 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, suited to utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.