Carpet, rug and durry

Explain carpet, rug and durry.

Carpet: Carpet is normally referred to floor coverings when it is laid for the entire room, from wall to wall. Carpets are made of wool yarn or synthetic yarn. These can be woven, knitted or hand-made. There is backing layer of Jute cloth to attain the needed stiffness and weight.

               Carpets are pasted to the floor, not rigorously but intermittently. To attain further softening, many times an under-layer of synthetic foam is pasted to the floor before laying the main carpet. This under-layer may be of U foam (Flexible PU foam) or coir foam or some similar material.

               Carpets are excellent thermal and sound insulators. For acoustic control these are one of the best.

Rug:

               The difference between carpet and rug is that the rugs are easily transportable and carpet is not. Also rugs are never pasted to floor and do not cover the entire room. Rugs are placed on selective portion of the room, say for seating area or for sleeping area. Woollen rugs of Kashmir are famous worldwide for their attractive design patterns and wool quality. Apart from wool and synthetic yarn, rugs can be of Jute, cotton or coir. These are also good heat and sound insulators.

Durry:

            Durries are similar to carpets and rugs except that these have no backing layer of Jute. And hence both sides are attractive. Also durries can be as small as o 300 x 300 mm. Durries can be very large also that these can be placed in an Auditorium with no chairs. Durries can be folded and transported. These are made of either Jute or cotton or wool. These are also good heat and sound insulators.