lol Good luck getting animal urine out of hard wood flooring. You can cut out and replace urine damaged carpeting pretty easily, but its a lot harder to rip out and replace floor boards.
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Why would anybody get carpet flooring?
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lol Good luck getting animal urine out of hard wood flooring. You can cut out and replace urine damaged carpeting pretty easily, but its a lot harder to rip out and replace floor boards.
HUELEN10
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Why would the dog commit suicide?
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Steve.1981
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You people are crazy. Carpet is the best. Outside of my kitchen and bathroom (for obvious reasons) I have thick carpets in every room. I Hoover and wash them regular. The shoes come off the minute I walk in the door. I love it. Keep your ugly, hard, cold, noisy wood or laminate.
well there is literally extra cushion underneath rugs and not underneath hardwood floor
we had a carpet downstairs without it and it top of concrete It really was the worst of both worlds
psynergylover
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I don't want to be walking on some cold-ass floor, get a rugdocter or a bissel and you don't have to worry about messy carpets
NoblesseOblige
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Easier to replace a torn carpet than a scuffed or busted wood floor.
Coriolanus
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Daffy Duck
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How do you make fists with your toes after a long flight to cure jet lag?
Kitchen and bathroom sure but not in every room in your house. A tile floor bedroom or living room sounds uncomfortable and sad.
Violence Jack
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Walking on cold floors sucks. That, and I don't have to listen to pets running up and down the hallway all night on carpet.
Coriolanus
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But looks wonderful. Plus rugs!
plus south america, hot af the whole year. gimme dat cold hard feel.
Magnet_Man
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It absorbs sound which is great for apartment living.
It's comfortable on your feet.
It cushions your furniture so you don't damage hard floor surface.
Easier to move furniture on it and you don't have to worry about scratching the floor.
Since it does "trap" dirt and crud, you're not stepping on it as often like you are with hard floor. You actually need to clean hard floor more since there's no place for the stuff to go so it collects in big hideous clumps or you're kicking them around without noticing. It's like getting a darker car so it hides dirt better.
Helps retain heat so you're not running the gas so much.
I rented a condo with hard wood floors throughout and I needed to clean that weekly. My condo that I own now is the same layout but with carpeting in the living room and bedroom with wood floor in the kitchen and bathroom and it's so much better.
Carpet's great.
It's comfortable on your feet.
It cushions your furniture so you don't damage hard floor surface.
Easier to move furniture on it and you don't have to worry about scratching the floor.
Since it does "trap" dirt and crud, you're not stepping on it as often like you are with hard floor. You actually need to clean hard floor more since there's no place for the stuff to go so it collects in big hideous clumps or you're kicking them around without noticing. It's like getting a darker car so it hides dirt better.
Helps retain heat so you're not running the gas so much.
I rented a condo with hard wood floors throughout and I needed to clean that weekly. My condo that I own now is the same layout but with carpeting in the living room and bedroom with wood floor in the kitchen and bathroom and it's so much better.
Carpet's great.
the-pi-guy
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That makes no sense.
Carpet is the worst idea ever for a bathroom/kitchen.
I like carpet in living rooms/bedrooms.
SoRuffShoNuff
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We have hardwood floors in our master bedroom and I hate it. Hardwood is fine downstairs where people most likely will be wearing shoes but in the bedrooms carpet feels much better.
I pretty much wear flip flops at all time when I'm downstairs due to not liking to walk barefoot on the hard floor.
I pretty much wear flip flops at all time when I'm downstairs due to not liking to walk barefoot on the hard floor.
Do people who claim its dirty just not clean regularly? My carpet is fine and I have a dog that molts about 3 tons of hair a week
I have wood flooring downstairs though because it is easier to clean
The garage in my old flat was carpeted, it was fun to explain to the landlord when my Triumph deposited oil everywhere
I have wood flooring downstairs though because it is easier to clean
The garage in my old flat was carpeted, it was fun to explain to the landlord when my Triumph deposited oil everywhere
CopperPuppy
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I'm pretty obsessive about keeping my carpets clean.
What Hoover is most recommended?
What Hoover is most recommended?
I sell commercial flooring for a living so I have some insight here. Good quality carpet is NOT gross and will not trap and retain soil. Cheap carpet is bad but I'm not sure it is as bad as laminate. That stuff is just terrible.
For the best possible solution by a good quality carpet square from a place like Flor.com and you can have a great look on a carpet square that you can literally pick up and wash in the sink and then put back down. It beats rolled carpet by a long shot although the material cost does tend to be higher.
For the best possible solution by a good quality carpet square from a place like Flor.com and you can have a great look on a carpet square that you can literally pick up and wash in the sink and then put back down. It beats rolled carpet by a long shot although the material cost does tend to be higher.
My DC53 destroys dog hair, but I also have a carpet cleaner I use once a month or so
poppabk
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It's soft - which makes it more comfortable when walking bare foot or when it is cold. It is also much safer for kids playing. It deadens sound, which is great if you have two stories where people will be walking around all the time. It also makes it much better for the living room, especially if you have cathedral ceilings, so your expensive sound system doesn't end up an echoing mess. It comes in a greater variety of styles than wood. It doesn't chip, crack or dent or scratch, although it will obviously stain. It traps dust and dirt, a good thing if you vacuum regularly.
It has lots of advantages and disadvantages same as other floor coverings.
It has lots of advantages and disadvantages same as other floor coverings.
Dr. Benton Quest
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It doesn't matter how clean you 'think' your carpet is. That shit is absolutely disgusting in ways you can't see. People actually fucking lay on it!
Get a rug you filthy animals.
Edit: Today I learned that gaffers have dainty little footsie wootsies.
Get a rug you filthy animals.
Edit: Today I learned that gaffers have dainty little footsie wootsies.
GKSilKamina
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Fuck carpets. I want hardwood flooring.
My current apartment is just carpet carpet carpet. This reminds me that I need a new vacuum to get this shit properly cleaned.
My current apartment is just carpet carpet carpet. This reminds me that I need a new vacuum to get this shit properly cleaned.
As a child I loved smooth floors because I could get a good start and slide on them in my socks
As a parent my mother disliked smooth floors because I could get a good start and slide on them in my socks and crash into fragile things
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It's dirty, bad for your health, and ugly.
DizzyCaffeine
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Can't have hard wood flooring in my second level condo. 
I got new carpet 2 years ago and it was awesome for about a month. 3 cats and 2 years later, and now it's gross and I hate it.
I got new carpet 2 years ago and it was awesome for about a month. 3 cats and 2 years later, and now it's gross and I hate it.
DeathoftheEndless
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I prefer carpeting. Softer and more comfortable.
Omegasquash
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I'm a fan of carpeted bedrooms and dens. For everything else, there's hardwood and rugs where useful.
Chezzymann
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It's more comfortable and when you drop stuff on it it's less likely to break
diffusionx
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Carpet is soft and warm. It has its uses, although it does need to be kept up.
The Faceless Master
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it's crazy how carpet everywhere is such a big thing in the south.. in NYC it was hardwood flooring everywhere and i definitely prefer that.
ShadowkillXNA
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It really blows my mind that people have such a hard time understanding why people prefer different things than they do.
Carpeting feels better under my feet.
Also a roomba will clean it automatically.
Because some of us want our feet to actually feel comfortable at home.I don't mind hardwood in some places, but it definitely hurts a lot more to wander around on.
Do people not wear slippers anymore when they're around the house?
I used to live in an apartment that had carpet in the bathroom so I've learned not to like carpets.
Yes, you CAN wear slippers, but with carpet you sure don't have to, and it feels beautiful.
Carpet in the bathroom sounds like the worst idea in the world though.
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