Carpets

Carpets are a very popular preference of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a kind of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a huge variety of colours and designs to match any style of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more widespread 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 usually available in short or deep pile and can be made by using a variety of manufacturing 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 various types of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how effectively they stand up to different amounts 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 will improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.