Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular preference of flooring, in particular in rooms of your home where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet defines a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a large array of colours and patterns to accommodate any type of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more common types of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are normally 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 can come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the diverse kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how well they are suited to different levels of traffic. They are usually rated 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 will improve the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.