Carpets

Carpets are a very popular choice of flooring, particularly in rooms of your house where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet refers to a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge range of colours and patterns to match any design of interior decor, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more widespread types of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are frequently available in short or deep pile and can be made by using a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may appear in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these diverse types of carpet are rated according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different levels of traffic. They are typically 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 improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.