Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of your home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet defines a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a large array of colours and patterns to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in a number of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some 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 utilising a variety 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 types of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how effectively they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are generally graded 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 will improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.