Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular preference of flooring, particularly in areas of your home where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a large range of colours and patterns to complement any style of interior decor, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more common types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are commonly available in short or deep pile and can be made by utilising 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 types of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how well they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are generally rated 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 improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.