Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, particularly in areas of the house where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a wide range of colours and patterns to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in lots of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more popular types of fibre materials include the synthetic 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 employing 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 various types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different amounts 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 increase the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.