Carpets

Carpets are a very popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of your house where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a wide array of colours and patterns to match any type of interior decor, as well as in a multitude of different types of fibre and piles. A few of the more popular types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are typically available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by using a range of manufacturing 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 ranked according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are normally graded 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 install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.