Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular selection of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a kind of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide range of colours and patterns to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different kinds of fibre and piles. A few 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 manufactured by using 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 different types of carpet are rated according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.