Carpets

Carpets are a very popular choice of flooring, in particular in rooms of the home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide range of colours and patterns to suit any type of interior decor, as well as in many different types of fibre and piles. A number of the more common types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be made using a variety 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 kinds of carpet are graded according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different amounts 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.