Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular preference of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet defines 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 suit any design of interior decoration, as well as in a multitude 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 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 these diverse types of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how well they are suited to different amounts 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, suitable for 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.