Carpets

Carpets are an extremely popular preference of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is crucial, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a large variety of colours and designs to suit any style of interior decor, as well as in a wide variety of different kinds of fibre and piles. Some of the more popular examples of fibre materials include the synthetic 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 produced using a range of manufacturing methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets can come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of these various kinds of carpet are categorised 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 look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.