Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, especially in rooms of the house where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a huge array of colours and designs to suit any type of interior decoration, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. Several of the more widespread types of fibre materials include the artificial 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 employing 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 these different types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how well they are suited to different levels 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 improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.