Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is important, 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 purchased in a huge variety of colours and designs to complement any type of interior decoration, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more prevalent 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 normally available in short or deep pile and can be produced by employing a variety of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these diverse types of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how well they are suited to different levels of traffic. They are usually rated 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 improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.