Carpets

Carpets are a very popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of the home where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide variety of colours and styles to accommodate any design of interior decor, as well as in lots of different types of fibre and piles. A few of the more common types of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are usually available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by employing a range of manufacturing 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 various kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how effectively they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are typically specified 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 increase the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.