Carpets

Carpets are a very popular preference of flooring, particularly in rooms of your home where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a kind of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a large variety of colours and patterns to complement any style of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more common 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 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 be found in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the different types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how effectively they stand up 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, suited to utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.