Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, particularly in rooms of your house where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a huge array of colours and styles to match any type of interior decor, as well as in a multitude of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some 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 types of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be made by utilising a variety of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets are available in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the diverse kinds of carpet are rated according to their performance and how well they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are typically 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.