Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular selection of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet defines a variety of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide range of colours and styles to complement any type of interior decoration, as well as in many different types of fibre and piles. A few 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 kinds of carpet are typically available in short or deep pile and can be made by utilising a range 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 the different types of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how effectively they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are normally 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 install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will increase the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.