Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, particularly in areas of your house where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a type of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a large range of colours and patterns to accommodate any design of interior decor, as well as in numerous different kinds 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 using 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 effectively they are suited 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 will improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.