Carpets

Carpets are a very popular selection of flooring, in particular in rooms of your home where comfort is valuable, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet defines a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be purchased in a wide array of colours and styles to accommodate any style of interior decor, as well as in numerous different types of fibre and piles. A few 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 usually available in short or deep pile and can be made using a variety of manufacturing 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 different kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully they are suited to different levels of traffic. They are generally graded 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 increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.