Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular selection of flooring, in particular in areas of your home where comfort is valuable, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet designates a kind of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a wide variety of colours and patterns to match any type of interior decor, as well as in numerous different kinds of fibre and piles. A few of the more popular examples of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be produced using 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 various types of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully they stand up 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 will enhance the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.