Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is important, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a wide variety of colours and styles to match any design of interior decor, as well as in a multitude of different types of fibre and piles. Some of the more widespread types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are usually 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 these various kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully they stand up 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.