Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, especially in areas of the home where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a huge variety of colours and styles to match any design of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. Some of the more common types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are usually available in short or deep pile and can be made 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 diverse types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how effectively they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are usually 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 can increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.