Carpets

Carpets are a very popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of your home where comfort is important, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet refers to a type of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a wide array of colours and patterns to accommodate any design of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more common examples of fibre materials include the artificial 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 made 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 types of carpet are rated according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts 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, suitable for utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.