Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, in particular in areas of your home where comfort is essential, like living rooms and bedrooms. Carpet identifies a type of flooring in which a material is either woven or tufted to a backing cloth. Carpets are available in a huge array of colours and patterns to suit any design of interior decoration, as well as in a multitude of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more prevalent types of fibre materials include the man-made fibres polypropylene and nylon, and the natural fibres wool, sisal, or jute. These types of carpet are normally available in short or deep pile and can be made by 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 different types of carpet are scored according to their performance and how well they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are normally specified to be either medium domestic, meaning bedrooms or studies, heavy domestic, specifying living and dining rooms, and very heavy domestic, suitable for utility rooms or hallways. It is always recommended to install carpet with a layer of underlay underneath, as this will increase the look and feel of the carpet, as well as extending its life and delivering better sound and thermal insulation.