Carpets

Carpets are a very popular preference of flooring, in particular in rooms of your house where comfort is important, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a variety of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a wide range of colours and designs to suit any type of interior decoration, as well as in numerous different types of fibre and piles. A number of the more popular examples of fibre materials include the artificial 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 produced using a range 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 the different kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are generally 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.