Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular choice of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is important, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet refers to a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge range of colours and designs to match any design of interior decoration, as well as in many different types of fibre and piles. Some of the more prevalent examples of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are generally available in short or deep pile and can be produced using a range of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the different kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully they are suited 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 fit 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.