Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, in particular in rooms of your home where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a large variety of colours and patterns to suit any style of interior decor, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more widespread types of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are usually available in short or deep pile and can be made using a range of production 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 various kinds of carpet are scored according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are normally 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 install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.