Carpets

Carpets are a very popular preference of flooring, especially in rooms of your home where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a wide variety of colours and designs to complement any type of interior decoration, as well as in numerous different kinds of fibre and piles. A few of the more popular examples 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 come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these various kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how effectively 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, suited to utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.