Carpets

Carpets are a hugely popular selection of flooring, especially in rooms of your house where comfort is important, like living rooms 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 large variety of colours and patterns to suit any design of interior decor, as well as in lots of different types of fibre and piles. Several of the more widespread examples of fibre materials include the synthetic 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 produced by using a range of production methods, such as twist, Saxony, loop pile, Berber, cut and loop, or velvet. Carpets can come in patterned, plain or striped designs. All of the diverse types of carpet are graded according to their performance and how well they are suited to different amounts of traffic. They are generally 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 increasing its life and offering better sound and thermal insulation.