Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular preference of flooring, in particular in areas of the home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a huge array of colours and patterns to complement any style of interior decoration, as well as in a number of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number 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 usually available in short or deep pile and can be produced by employing a range of manufacturing 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 different kinds of carpet are scored according to their performance and how well they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are usually specified 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 improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.