Carpets

Carpets are a very popular choice of flooring, in particular in rooms of your house where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge array of colours and patterns to match any type of interior decoration, as well as in many different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more popular examples of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are generally available in short or deep pile and can be produced by employing a variety of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets can come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the diverse kinds of carpet are rated according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are generally rated 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 offering better sound and thermal insulation.