topic Re: Carpet vs Wood in Home

Carpet vs Wood

Twins Mom — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:17:10 GMT

Deliberating between keeping carpeting in family room and dining areas or changing to wood. I know the trend is wood or wood-like materials. I am concerned that without carpeting, the noise level will increase in the home. Any comments from those of you who have experienced? Thanks.

Re: Carpet vs Wood

ahoymate — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:32:22 GMT

Why the noise concern? If you live in a condo or apt., then yes, carpet the area. The noise is very disturbing to those who may live below you.

If not, I'd use wood for the dining area vs. carpet. Family room, up to you. But do remember, wood floors are high maintenance. My entire living area is wood floors. A lot of work. You can see everything that's on the floor; dust, crumbs. Daily work.

Best to you.

Re: Carpet vs Wood

NickNack — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:30:56 GMT

@Twins Mom I had wall to wall carpet in my house. About 15 years ago I took it out and have laminate floors to look like wood put in. I love it. The noise level did not increase that I can recall. I did put an area rug in the living room and in the master bedroom. I don't think you'd regret going with hardwood.

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:34:25 GMT

You couldn't pay me to have carpet. We have tile and wood and the only noise level increase is probably if you drop something. Then it can be loud but how often do you drop stuff?

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Nightowlz — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:37:37 GMT

We installed engineered hardwoods since that's what they said we needed being on slab. They make a glue here to use that has a moisture barrier in it. It's $150 per bucket. Took 2 buckets to do 1 room. At least there was no odor. I have not noticed any noise difference in the house with them vs carpet. We also have tile. The sales clerk told us the flooring we picked cost more than a lot of wood flooring. We have not had any problems with it. They used some kind of ratchet straps to keep it together.

I don't have to do daily work to keep up with mine. I use a Dyson with fluffy head to vacuum. Use a microfiber mop with Pledge floorcare spray.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:35:22 GMT

I changed my wall to wall carpeting to hard flooring (cork) a few years ago and have regretted it. The hard flooring, which is a medium tone, seems to show every speck of dirt, dust, hair and leaves, the stuff dogs track in. Carpeting shows much less and is so easy to just vacuum.

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ID2 — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:38:20 GMT

I have wood floor throughout my home (except bathrooms). I have lived in several houses, through the years, that always were carpeted. I feel that my house now is soooooo much cleaner!! I realize now how dirty my other houses were because of only vacuuming a few times a week surely didn't get up all of the dust and dirt. When I vacuum my wood floors now, I do it daily and every single day I have to empty the receptical it has so much dust, cat hair, etc. We have a few large area rugs to help softens the echo effect.

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mimomof4 — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:40:34 GMT

We took out carpeting in our home in favor of the natural wood which was originally part of our home. Even with 4 kids the noise is no different. The main difference is how much cleaner looking it is and no worry about worn down carpeting.

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ItsME — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:45:31 GMT

I would not have carpet. I have allergies, and carpets trap allergens. Hard flooring, be it tile, laminate or wood are also easier to keep clean. ..... I mean really clean. Vacuuming might make a carpet look better, but unless you are you are shampooing them regularly, they are not as clean as when you are washing floors.

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Kitlynn — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:50:12 GMT

We have hardwood floors in our kitchen, entryway and hall. Carpet in our library, living room, family room and bedrooms. Tile in our dining room. I love the combination of all of it. It is just a matter of what you really like and also how much traffic each room gets. Of course only my husband and myself live here so that might make a difference on the maintenance and the noise level.

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fthunt — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:26:03 GMT

I would never have wood flooring.

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Puppy Lips — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:29:47 GMT

All I will say is that I really miss my carpeting in my Ohio home. Here in FL, we only have carpet in the bedrooms.

We have tile everywhere else, and hardwood in our den. We are very careful in our den, yet there are still dents and dings in the floor.

Carpet is soft, comfortable, and realatively inexpensive. And it is much easier to take care of than the other flooring options. Just my opinion.

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Mom2Dogs — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:41:22 GMT

I have hardwood in the dining room, carpet or tile everywhere else.

I would never put wood in my family room...I like to sit on the floor and I know it would not be warm in the winter, plus our home is on a slab, which would make the floor even colder....everyone has their own opinion...wood would not work for me.

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phoenixbrd — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:08:00 GMT

Love hardwood floors....throughout every room in our home except bathrooms. Love the cleanliness and most of all, the beauty. But it is a personal choice, so go with your heart!

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chrystaltree — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:12:07 GMT

Will someone be clog dancing in those rooms? I don't see how wood floors would increase the noise level in a home. I have carpeting because it with this condo but I prefer wood floors. I miss the beauty and warmth of wood floors.

Re: Carpet vs Wood

Katcat1 — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:13:38 GMT

@Twins Mom With wood you can purchase area rugs like 9x12 or smaller to warm up the look. Wood will last forever, carpeting will need to be replaced. I would not like carpeting in a dining room or an area rug.

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Carmie — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:23:24 GMT

My total first floor is hardwood, including the bath and kitchen. My floors are a light/med oak color. They are easy to clean and are not noisy.

I do use an area rug in my living room. The floors are cold in the winter time. I am happy with no Wall to Wall carpeting. In addition, the floors will last almost forever.

Personally, I would not have dark hardwood flooring. They are breathtaking beautiful,but every speck of hair, dust and dirt shows. They require more maintance and they often show streaks when washed.

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shoptilyadropagain — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:06:11 GMT

I would go for the hardwoods (or even laminate). I have carpeting and I hate it.

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Suzeecat — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:07:55 GMT

I recently bought a condo with hardwood flooring throughout. My previous home had hardwood throughout except for carpeting in the bedrooms. Honestly, after living both ways I would say that I prefer to have wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms. I find that with all hardwood floors, it's just noisier in general, and I live alone! Just old house noises, and furnace noises come through the vents from the basement. Maybe I'm just too noise sensitive.

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sweetee2 — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 20:28:47 GMT

We've lived in our house 44 years. I have carpet throughout and hardwood in bathrooms, kitchen, and laundry room.

We've replace the hardwoods 3 times from water damage, children, and grandchildren.

We've replaced carpet once. I have a Bissell carpet cleaner I can whip out and clean carpets in an hour and they look bran new.

My vote is carpet.

I was looking at the new look for 2020 and it's hardwood with large rugs if that helps.