Anyone else kinda like carpet as good/better than wood floors? (flooring, railing)

[kab0906]

Refinish every 15 years? Real hardwood doesn't decay that fast unless you are really hard on it.

Carpets are nasty.

[reneeh63]

I definitely prefer carpet in bedrooms and tile for all other areas. Tile seems more durable and easier to care fore than wood.

[eddiehaskell]

So far positives for carpet:

- warmer to walk on
- easier on joints
- safer in the case of falls
- stuff doesn’t break from impacts
- much greater sound deadening capability

[eddiehaskell]

Originally Posted by kab0906

Refinish every 15 years? Real hardwood doesn't decay that fast unless you are really hard on it.

Carpets are nasty.

That’s just a general average that’s given. The wood isn’t decaying but the top polyurethane layer can become worn.

Why do people have such nasty carpet? Do they also have nasty rugs? I have Bissell Big Green and it cleans carpet like a commercial unit.

[kab0906]

I've had hardwood in all the homes we owned. Even the house I grew up in, with three kids and a dog, was still beautiful when we sold it. If you take care to not beat it up real hardwood will last for decades.

My area rugs can be picked up and cleaned. Wall to wall cannot.

[tickyul]

I really like rugs, rugs that can be easily and thoroughly cleaned. Carpets, yuck, they just seem like too much work to keep them from getting nasty.

[Simple Living]

If I lived in a log cabin, I'd like wood floors. (Except in the bedrooms. Those I like carpeted.) But, in a regular house or apartment, give me carpet any day! I prefer vacuuming to sweeping and mopping. And carpet is more comfortable to sit on when you need to.

I vote for carpet and I endorse this ad.

[DKM]

Carpet in bedrooms unless you have a dog. Feels good on bare feet, safe to tumble out on and dampens noises. Just get a good kind that is looped and easy to clean. Don't need carpet anywhere else. Prefer tile in kitchen/baths over wood.

[NOLA2SGF]

I moved two years ago. My old house had wall to wall carpet throughout, and my new house has beautiful new hardwood floors.

The wood floors are tough on my feet and knees. I am older and have had some really bad falls on these wood floors. I worry about slipping on them if I walk on them just in my socks (although that has not happened yet; my falls have been just due to clumsiness and running into things, or losing my balance). I never fell on my carpeted floors at the old house, but then I was two years younger. But if I had fallen, the results would have not been as bad.

On the other hand, the wood floors look pretty, and so far seem to require almost no care.

If I was building a house for myself, I'd choose wall to wall carpet instead of wood, and vinyl for kitchen and bathrooms. But I'm not going to pay for all new flooring just yet...

[ansible90]

Now that I live in VT, I like carpet best. So much warmer.

When I lived in MD, I replaced carpet in the living areas with engineered hardwood floors (have to use engineered on concrete slab). It looked beautiful but was hard and cold to walk on. When you are on a slab, the wood doesn't give much when you walk on it like it does when installed over a wood base floor. And the top layer of engineered flooring is so thin it can only withstand one sanding when it starts to look worn. Don't want to repeat that here in VT, where I am also on a slab and the weather gets much colder.