The WA Health Department has confirmed the first traces of asbestos in carpet underlay samples taken from a Perth home. It is believed some underlay manufactured before the early 1970s may have ...

Respiratory physician Bill Musk is concerned that hessian bags used to transport deadly asbestos products were later reused as carpet underlay. Anyone who gets exposed to the underlay risks ...

A four-year-old girl is literally eating her parents out of house and home due to a rare medical condition. Jessica Knight has been diagnosed with eating disorder Pica, which causes sufferers to ...

It's not the first time a child has been accused of eating her parents out of house and home – but in Jessica Knight’s case, it’s literally true. The four-year-old has an unusual appetite for ...

Ulster Carpets, based in Portadown, is one of Northern Ireland's longest-surviving family-owned manufacturers. It has now bought over Axfelt, which makes carpet underlay and had been part of Axminster ...

ULSTER Carpets has paid an undisclosed sum from its own cash rich reserves to acquire cash-strapped Axminster Carpets' underlay business Axfelt. The Craigavon firm said the purchase demonstrates its ...

A good carpet makes a house feel like a home, adding warmth, style and, often, soundproofing. However, there are so many different options and stages of the buying process that it can be difficult to ...