Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular selection of flooring, in particular in areas of your home where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a variety of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a huge variety 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 popular types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are generally available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by 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 the diverse kinds of carpet are rated according to their performance and how successfully they are suited 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 install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.