Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a type of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a large variety of colours and styles to accommodate any type of interior decoration, as well as in lots of different types of fibre and piles. A number of the more common 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 produced by using a variety 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 the diverse types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how well they are suited to different levels of traffic. They are usually specified 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.