Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, especially in rooms of your home where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet defines a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a large range of colours and patterns to suit any style of interior decoration, as well as in a number of different types of fibre and piles. Some 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 generally available in short or deep pile and can be made using a variety of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may appear in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these different kinds of carpet are graded according to their performance and how well they are suited to different levels of traffic. They are generally 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 will improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.