My carpet is threadbare and needs replacing. The kids are almost grown and pets live outside. Should I get a timber floor or go with carpet again. Which is easier to keep clean? I know that carpet is dirty but it also hides a lot. If you have a timber floor and then get rugs, aren't you getting the vaccuum out anyway? What do you think?
Wood floor homes are noisier. Wood is easier to pick up tracked in dirt......you keep a dust mop handy and wet mop as necessary.......but with the dust mop the wet mopping is less. If you get throw or area rugs, yes, you have to vacuum and still maintain the wood (plus I have to watch out for the fring on the rugs..LOL ) Carpets look fine if you don't get something that shows dirt every other day. Still you do need to vacuum often and have it cleaned regularly. If you are selling, wood floors garner a higher return.......until they go out of fashion again....if they do. You mentioned the kids are almost gone......babies might return....so there you have grandchildren's tricycles, etc. Then your own health........as we get older we may need walking assistence and wheelchairs and walkers roll better on wood or very short pile carpeting. Throw rugs are not for people with walking problems........we trip over them, LOL!
I prefer bare floors, but it's 6 of one and 1/2 dozen of the other.
Carpet is the worst. it hold germs and God knows what else. We recently replaced our carpet with pergo -- its like a wood but its fake and super easy to clean. It also looks really nice.
Your point is valid about vacuuming area rugs, but i feel that it is less work to vacuum one small rug and clean one large wood floor than to keep a large carpeted area clean. Stains on carpets are a nuisance as well. I prefer carpet in the bedrooms, regardless of the maintenance because i don't like getting out of bed and stepping on a cold floor. Hard floors are ideal for any other part of the house.
Well, carpets are quite unhygienic even if they wouldn't show the dirt and dust. They too promote molds that can also cause respiratory problems to those who may want to pay you a visit. Vacuuming it doesn't really get them all out... It's like you don't see them but at the back of your mind you know it's just an illusion:) Hardwood flooring, laminates, or any hardsurface flooring are very easy to clean and gives your place a whole new look:) Tehre's a whole lot out there that you can choose from to get the design style that you want. Rugs to accent your home are not much of a hassle to clean really, it'd be just a small space compared to carpets....and you can remove them anytime you wan...wash them even:) Since you have no pets and now have grown kids, time to treat yourself with hardwood floors:) It will add to the value of your home too:) Am sure you'll love them just like every customer I've encountered these past years who opted to get rid of their carpets:)
