Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of your home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a variety of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a huge array of colours and styles to suit any style of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more common examples of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are generally available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by employing a range 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 these different types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are generally 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 will enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.