Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of the house where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge array of colours and designs to match any design of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more prevalent examples of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are frequently available in short or deep pile and can be made by utilising a variety of production 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 diverse kinds of carpet are scored according to their performance and how well they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are typically 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 can enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.