Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, particularly in areas of your house where comfort is essential, like living spaces 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 wide variety of colours and styles to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more common types of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be produced by using a variety of production 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 types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are normally specified 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 will enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.