Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular choice of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge variety of colours and designs to accommodate any type of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. A few of the more popular types of fibre materials include the synthetic fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are typically available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured by utilising a variety of manufacturing 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 graded according to their performance and how well they are suited 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 can increase the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.