Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, in particular in areas of your home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a variety of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets can be found in a wide range of colours and styles to match any design of interior decoration, as well as in a wide variety of different types of fibre and piles. A few of the more common examples of fibre materials include the man-made 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 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 these various kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different levels of traffic. They are usually specified 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this can improve the appearance of the carpet, as well as increasing its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.