Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, in particular in rooms of your house where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide range of colours and designs to accommodate any design of interior decoration, as well as in numerous different types of fibre and piles. A few of the more popular types of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are commonly available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by employing a range 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 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 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 increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.