Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, especially in areas of your house where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet defines a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a huge range of colours and styles to suit any type of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more common types 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 by using a range 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 the different types of carpet are rated according to their performance and how effectively they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are generally graded 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 improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.