Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, in particular in rooms of your house where comfort is crucial, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a kind of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a large array of colours and patterns to accommodate any design of interior decor, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. A number of the more common examples of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are generally available in short or deep pile and can be made by employing a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets may be found in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the various kinds of carpet are graded according to their performance and how well they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are generally specified 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can enhance the look and feel of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.