Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular preference of flooring, particularly in rooms of the house where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet designates a variety of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a huge variety of colours and styles to match any type of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. A few of the more common 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 manufactured using a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these various types of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are usually 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 can increase the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.