Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, in particular in areas of your home where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet refers to a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide range of colours and patterns to suit any style of interior decoration, as well as in a number 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 typically 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 appear in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these different kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are normally 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 appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.