Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet refers to a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a wide array of colours and styles to match any style of interior decoration, as well as in many different types of fibre and piles. Some of the more prevalent types of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are commonly available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by using a variety of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may be found in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the different kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different levels 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, suitable for 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 increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.