Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular preference of flooring, particularly in areas of your home where comfort is valuable, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a type of flooring where a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets come in a large variety of colours and designs to accommodate any style of interior decoration, as well as in lots of different kinds of fibre and piles. A few 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 generally available in short or deep pile and can be manufactured using a variety of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets are available 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 levels of traffic. They are usually 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 fit carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will increase the appearance of the carpet, as well as extending its life and providing better sound and thermal insulation.