Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular selection of flooring, especially in rooms of the home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a huge variety of colours and styles to suit any type of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more common types of fibre materials include the artificial fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are usually 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 appear in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these various kinds of carpet are ranked according to their performance and how well they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are normally 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 will improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.