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[poppabk]

Carpet is cheap.

But I love hardwood. I put some baller bamboo hand scraped cherry colored wood throughout most of my house.

Nice carpet is much more expensive than the engineered hardwoods most modern hardwood floors are made from.

 

[diffusionx]

And I learned that some gaffers are obsessively germaphobic

If your gaming space doesn't look like a clean room and you don't wear a hazmat suit to play ps4 prepare to be mocked in the gaming setup thread.

 

[SeanR1221]

Nice carpet is much more expensive than the engineered hardwoods most modern hardwood floors are made from.

I had my house built and carpet was half the price of the cheapest hardwood

 

[Mammoth Jones]

It looks good. It comfortable to play around on. Its safer for my kid to fall down on. It's easy to clean. I steam clean it often. No major issues. And it keeps my downstairs neighbors from hating me.

 

[Luke_Wal]

Great question.

I live in a college dorm, and when my roommate got back super drunk last night, he PISSED ON THE CARPET.

Now I have to figure this out.

 

[BananaPancake]

Carpet is warmer and it helps trap in some heat, it's also comfier to walk on and sit on.

My home is all wooden floor and tiles except for the stairs and landing which are carpeted. I like the look of tile and wooden flooring in the downstairs of my home but I wish it was carpeted upstairs in the bedrooms, I hate stepping onto a cold floor in the mornings.

 

[diffusionx]

Great question.

I live in a college dorm, and when my roommate got back super drunk last night, he PISSED ON THE CARPET.

Now I have to figure this out.

Just burn the house down and move on.

 

[gutter_trash]

Wall to wall carpeting is disgusting

A cess poool of bacteria, disease, spores, dander, dustmites

An allergy + asthma nightmare

 

[poppabk]

I had my house built and carpet was half the price of the cheapest hardwood

That's because hardwood is now seen as a premium option, plus the installation of hardwood is more expensive. Still you can get hardwood with installation included for about $5-7 per square foot. Nice carpet with a quality pad will cost that without installation included.

 

[teruterubozu]

We ripped out our carpets and put in hardwood floors recently.
One negative about no carpets is the floor gets cold as fuck in the winter unless you have fancy-shmancy floor heating.

 

[User 479360]

It can be nice in certain rooms. I just don't think I'd want it in my next bedroom, because people hardly ever fully clean carpets and bodily fluids and such.

 

[CitizenCope]

it feels nice?

That's it. I get on the floor and play with the dogs for awhile or lay out on the carpet and watch TV. It's nice.
Something like hard wood is just that. Hard!

 

[Neverwas]

Old dogs have a difficult time on hard floors, so i stick with carpets.

 

[Hoo-doo]

It looks good. It comfortable to play around on. Its safer for my kid to fall down on. It's easy to clean. I steam clean it often. No major issues. And it keeps my downstairs neighbors from hating me.

You can say a lot of things about wall-to-wall carpet and it sure has some benefits, but it certainly doesn't look good.

 

[chrisPjelly]

Yeah I hate it when carpets get all crusty

 

[Hari Seldon]

Well it costs lots of money to tear out carpet and replace it with hardwoods, which is why I still have carpet lol.

 

[ahoyhoy]

I was a huge carpet fan (Western NY cold will do that) until I started wearing slippers around the house.

Now I prefer hardwood as its easier to clean and the slippers mean I take pillows comfort where ever I walk.

I do have a nice thick rug for the living room for laying on the floor whenever I feel like doing that (which is quite often)

 

[shaowebb]

It sucks. It gets dirty. It traps dangerous substances like broken glass. Vaacums don't really clean it. What positive does it even have?

The hell? Get a decent vacuum and not some $15 black friday thing. Plus its warm so you dont have to deal with cold feet, you dont slip on it when wearing socks, and if it is dirty it doesn't feel gritty as quickly as a dirty hardwood or linoleum floor does. Its all in the upkeep just like a hard wood floor. Big advantage is that unlike hardwood floors its easier to repair. Scratch a wood floor and its forever shit.

 

[shira]

Old dogs have a difficult time on hard floors, so i stick with carpets.

Old people too. Very easy on the knees and for minor falls

comfort and acoustics .. it has to be right for the type of room

Very good for the bedroom. Dampens out a lot of the sound from lower levels

 

[Pagusas]

I had my house built and carpet was half the price of the cheapest hardwood

Same, carpet was SUBSTANCIALLY cheaper than hardwoord/tile. We did a mix in our hourse, high traffic area's went a nice stone tile (main hallway, kitchen, bathrooms), Luxery areas went hardwood (Formal Office, Living Room), and bedrooms and theaterroom went carpet. The stairs also went carpet because getting hardwood done on stairs is like 4x's the price as carpet. So our whole upstairs is carpet (but thats where the theater room and guest bedrooms are)

 

[old]

I ask the same goddam question. Carpet is the dumbest idea in human history. The asshole salesman that conned Americans into carpeting their houses during the 60-90's should be given a medal.

Whenever I look at a house or apartment, if there's carpet then I immediately deduct the money from my bid necessary to remove it and put in good hard flooring.

 

[dreamcastmaster]

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.

This man knows, especially the balls of dust from hard floors.

 

[studyguy]

My parents are replacing their carpet with hardwood now as we speak at their home. Personally I always liked laying down on carpet in the sun for whatever reason. I'd prefer wood though.

 

[Skeyser]

It's gross and makes the place looks cheap.

 

[Futureman]

Bought a house this year and first thing we did was rip up the carpet. Carpet seriously SUCKS.

 

[AndyD]

I had my house built and carpet was half the price of the cheapest hardwood

Nice carpet is quite a bit more expensive that cheap carpet.

 

[Emerson]

Carpet is great. I spend a lot of time sitting or lying on the floor.

I just built a house and it's got the best carpet available with a memory foam carpet pad. Love it.

Only places not carpeted are kitchen, bathrooms, laundry and entryways, which have tile.

 

[Futureman]

This man knows, especially the balls of dust from hard floors.

Do hardwood floors magically create more dust? I think it's just more obvious when it's dirty with hardwood floors. If you are vacuuming/cleaning less with carpet, the room is still just as dirty, just not as noticeable.

 

[IronRinn]

In the process of looking for an apartment and, yeah, I think the same thing. Carpet is the fucking worst.

 

[Vital Tundra]

You guys are being a little dramatic with how bad carpet is. Maybe invest in good carpet?

 

[Always-honest]

Indeed, never.

 

[Gravy Boat]

I have to wonder what kind of lives some of you people are living if you think it's impossible to keep carpet from becoming a deadly cesspool of germs.

 

[gutter_trash]

I blame this guy:

 

[Pastry]

Carpeted bathrooms and kitchens are gross, everywhere else fuck yeah carpet.

 

[Rktk]

On the cheaper end hard flooring is better just because it's easier to clean and doesnt wear and stain like carpet. Vinyl wood effect tile is better than any cheap carpet to my mind.

On the luxury end you could put Douglas Fir down....

...sorrow for you people dropping serious money on carpet.

 

[JaseMath]

We bought a house with carpet last year and yeah, it's pretty much the worst thing ever.

 

[B!TCH]

I have to wonder what kind of lives some of you people are leading if you think it's impossible to keep carpet from becoming a deadly cesspool of germs.

People are being overly dramatic because it's funny but it is hard to take care of and clean a carpet. The benefits don't outweigh the costs for most people and aesthetically, hardwood floors or tiles look better overall.

 

[Iorv3th]

Right there with you OP, plus you didn't even specifically mention one of the biggest headaches...Pets. Dog crap and cat barf on the carpet is nasty, plus it's a home for fleas.

Home for fleas? Your pets themselves are homes for fleas if you don't treat them. Otherwise you are not getting fleas in your house.

Carpet is fine and it cleans fine. Some people are filthy though and carpet is a lot nastier for those people than a hardwood floor.

The hell? Get a decent vacuum and not some $15 black friday thing. Plus its warm so you dont have to deal with cold feet, you dont slip on it when wearing socks, and if it is dirty it doesn't feel gritty as quickly as a dirty hardwood or linoleum floor does. Its all in the upkeep just like a hard wood floor. Big advantage is that unlike hardwood floors its easier to repair. Scratch a wood floor and its forever shit.

Most people don't properly maintain their vacuum cleaners. Don't change the bags, don't change the belts, and don't change the rollers.

I have hardwood floors and tiles in the living areas and carpet in the bedrooms and the carpet is easier to clean. Running a vacuum cleaner is easier than sweeping.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I've been shopping for a house recently and I wanted hardwood floors until I noticed every home with them in the area is warping or cracked from expansion. I wonder if there's regional preferences for flooring since I live in a region that goes from below 0F to 100+.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

I hate carpet as well. I have dust mite allergies, and you can't avoid them with carpet regardless of how cleanly you are.

Slippers solve the problem of cold flooring in winter. Unfortunately the current hose we rent is mostly carpeted.

 

[clav]

Before people discovered that insulation could be stuffed in walls and pipes, carpets were often used to keep houses warm in winters.

Downsides to hardwood is when you drop objects on them, they can crack/chip/stain. Plus if you live in a condo/apartment, your neighbors can often hear you. Worse if your walls are paper thin.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Its warm. Its cheap. Its reliable.

 

[jmdajr]

Tile for me. But man...COOOOOLD in the Winter.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Heat.

The floor is fucking cold here without carpet, and I am not swanky enough to have floor heating, because carpet is much, much cheaper.

 

[redmetal86]

Because those Empire Today carpet commercials are so damn catchy.

EDIT: Beaten posts ago.

 

[Viewt]

Hardwood floors + large rugs is the way to roll. You get the best of everything, and it's the most versatile setup in case you want to change up your layout.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Got hardwood floors? Got a room that would be improved by carpeting? Might i introduce you to the technological wonder known as the.... rug?

It can be just as fluffy, if not fluffier than a carpet AND it is considerably easier to clean and also far more aesthetically pleasing! Truly a wonder of the modern age!

Yeah that's where I come down on this issue.

I think a lot of the pro versus anti-carpet stuff comes from your background, though. I had hardwood floors in my childhood home and I never could deal with carpet going forward. Even when it's cold I vastly prefer it, let alone aesthetically there's no comparison.

I've been shopping for a house recently and I wanted hardwood floors until I noticed every home with them in the area is warping or cracked from expansion. I wonder if there's regional preferences for flooring since I live in a region that goes from below 0F to 100+.

That's either bad home keeping or really cheap flooring. Most good woods aren't going to warp like that unless you're talking you let your house ice over and then get crazy warm quickly or vice versa. Lived in plenty of old houses where the flooring was fine after 80+ years.

 

[Corleth the Fey]

OP has clearly never heard of the miracle that is Shake 'n' Vac.

http://youtu.be/4q8inM0gKVo

 

[Reverend Funk]

How you gonna wrestle on hardwood floors?

 

[M0nochromatic]

If it's actual quality carpet and you actually clean your living space once a week, it's fantastic. Dampens noise, is great for pets, kids, the eldery, it's comfy as hell to walk around on barefoot.

I feel bad for people who have had substandard carpet lives.