Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, particularly in areas of the house where comfort is valuable, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a kind of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide variety of colours and designs to match any type of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Some of the more popular examples of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are frequently available in short or deep pile and can be produced by utilising a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the different kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts 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 install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can increase the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.