Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular selection of flooring, particularly in areas of your home where comfort is essential, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a large variety of colours and patterns to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in a number of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more common types of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are commonly available in short or deep pile and can be made by employing 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 diverse kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how successfully 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, suited to 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 offering better sound and thermal insulation.