Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, especially in areas of the home where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a variety of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a huge variety of colours and designs to suit any design of interior decor, as well as in lots of different types of fibre and piles. A number 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 kinds of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by utilising a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets can come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the different types of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how effectively 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, suited to utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.