Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of the home where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a large range of colours and designs to accommodate any style of interior decor, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more widespread examples of fibre materials include the artificial 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 produced by employing 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 these diverse types of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how effectively they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are generally 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 will improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.