Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular choice of flooring, especially in areas of your home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet defines a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a large variety of colours and patterns to complement any design of interior decoration, as well as in numerous different kinds of fibre and piles. Several of the more common examples of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are usually available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured using a variety of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may appear in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the diverse kinds of carpet are graded according to their performance and how effectively they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are typically graded 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 appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.