My parents bought our house two years ago. It was remodeled by the previous owners, and they cut a lot of corners just to sell the house faster. We were unaware of this when we bought it, and we soon found a bunch of mistakes.We have berber carpet in beige. I absolutely hate this carpet and so do my parents. We have three dogs and they track in mud sometimes. It is hard to clean. Plus, my dogs seem to think they can dig through our floors, so they unravelled the berber carpet outside my bedroom door.What is the best carpet for us? Something that cleans well, but is tough enough to last years? What colors do you recommend also? Thank you.
When it comes to carpeting no one can tell you what is best. All I can do is recommend things. Your life style w/ 3 dogs I suggest more hard surface's w/ maybe area rugs. Hard surfaces such as laminate, vinyl, or ceramic tiles. But you asked about carpet. With dogs berbers of any kind are not good, this includes low nap commercial carpeting.I suggest you go look at multi tone carpets that dont show dirt are readily as a solid color. To help keep it looking good you ll need to have it professionally cleaned at least once a year.When shopping look for stain resistant carpet that the stain blocker is treated into the yarn when its made , not after the carpet is made..Look at major manufacturers , such as Shaw and Mohawk. GL
Carpet is such a taste thing. I like level loop carpet (like most commercial carpet.) In fact, I like commercial carpet period, as long as it is made of nylon. IN your case, if you use commericial carpeting, make sure it is continuous backing that is water proof. Nylon will not stain, is very easy to clean with a steam extractor (buy one and keep it handy if you have doggies). The most important part is the water proof continuous backing...water cannot penetrate the backing and therefore, will not drag up dirt into the top when the carpet dries! Commercial carpeting is all moving towards squares that, when laid, look like a continuous carpet..the glue used makes it easy to remove and replace a square should it become badly damaged...no problems with the entire carpet! BUT it is expensive (and well worth the money)...figure about 30.00 a yard installed. No padding is used. Furniture does NOT have to be removed from the room. And it will last probably a lifetime under your wear/tear conditions. Install once and be done with it...therefore, choose a neutral tweed...biege with brown, black, gray, copper flecks will go with everything, anything in the future. Good luck, Goldwing
