Carpets

Carpets are a very popular preference of flooring, particularly in rooms of your house where comfort is important, like living spaces and bedrooms. Carpet is the term for a kind of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge range of colours and styles to accommodate any design of interior decor, as well as in many different kinds of fibre and piles. Several of the more widespread types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These kinds of carpet are generally available in short or deep pile and can be made by employing a variety of manufacturing 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 diverse kinds of carpet are categorised according to their performance and how successfully they stand up to different amounts of traffic. They are usually rated 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 look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.