Carpets

Carpets are a very popular preference of flooring, especially in rooms of the home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a wide variety of colours and designs to accommodate any design of interior decor, as well as in a multitude of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more popular examples of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be produced using 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 the different kinds of carpet are graded according to their performance and how effectively they stand up 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, suitable for 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 extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.