Carpets

Carpets are a very popular choice of flooring, in particular in areas of your home where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a large array of colours and patterns to complement any style of interior decoration, as well as in many different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more popular 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 typically available in short or deep pile and can be produced by using 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 various kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different levels 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, suitable for utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.