Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular choice of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet defines a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a large range of colours and patterns to complement any type of interior decor, as well as in a number of different kinds of fibre and piles. A few 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 made by using a variety of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets can come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these various kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how well they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are typically 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 can improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.