Tufted carpet should, in order to improve performance be fitted with a suitable underlay. Underlays vary greatly from budget utilitarian items through to super springy luxury products.

Tufted carpet comes in a number of textures, the two most popular types being loop pile and cut pile.

Loop pile has a firm handle and is seen as very fashionable.

Berber is a carpet with a tight weave of loops giving it a very distinctive texture. There are a number of types of cut pile including velvet but by far the most popular is twist pile which is seen as hard wearing and traditional.

Tufted carpet in twist pile can be of differing weights in order to accommodate varying traffic requirements e.g. in a bedroom a 30oz carpet may be perfectly adequate, whereas in a high traffic hallway a denser pile of 50oz is more appropriate. Its made in a variety of materials typically :

100% wool which is durable and does not soil easily or a blend of 80% wool with 20% nylon which is extremely hard wearing and resilient or Polypropylene which is inherently stain resistant and offers extremely good value for money, it comes in a variety of styles, examples of which are plain typically made from a yarn dyed in the blend and heather which incorporates a yarn blended from different colours, giving a different effect, it is typically made in 4metre and 5metre widths. 5m is usually preferred in large rooms where the customer does not wish to have a seam. It is important to note that colour matching of 4m against 5m can not be guaranteed as the two products may not have been made from the same yarn batch, it can be bought in the high street or the retail park. However the overhead of running such an operation tends to be a major component of the selling price and for this reason customers, as for many other products are moving toward the internet where web sites have exactly the same range of products at much reduced prices, its colour is somewhat difficult to accurately judge from a computer screen but internet retailers will provide a variety of samples by return to enable accurate colour matching.

Tufted carpet should, in order to improve performance be fitted with a suitable underlay. Underlays vary greatly from budget utilitarian items through to super springy luxury products. The fitting needs accurate measuring in order to avoid both waste and shortages. This is easy in rectangular rooms as long as doorways and alcoves are taken into account but gets more difficult where stairs are involved and pile direction has to be considered. Customers who are unsure can always call the websites who will either offer assistance or arrange a free measure from their network of fitters, its usually ordered after the fitter has given a price for their service inclusive of gripper and door plates. They will have done an accurate measure, allowing exactly the right amount of carpet to be ordered. The carpet uk will be either delivered direct or via the fitter and then all that remains is for them to arrive on the agreed day and install the carpet.