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[ipukespiders]

I'm moving into a new place in March that's all hardwood and tile. I'm contemplating installing a central vacuum unit. Anyone put on in?

 

[TapeDispenser1000]

I like my hardwood floors but its like -15 right now and my feet are freezing.

 

[homelessscootaloo]

You guys ever have fresh, high quality, brand spanking new carpet isntalled??

That shit is so soft and comfy @_@

 

[Lucreto]

Wait, people take off their shoes while walking around the house?

I use the same shoes inside and out. I also have the same carpet down for the last 15 years and the only cleaning it got is the vacuum once a week.

 

[Nabbis]

Probably a health risk with all the accumulated bacteria, only morons have them. Get a normal carpet that you can actually clean.

 

[Phu]

Man, people in here freaking out about how unclean and germ filled carpets can get. Sometimes when I'm outside I'll even sit on the grass and that's got nature trampling all over it 24/7.

Seriously, just don't wear your shoes in the house and clean your carpet somewhat regularly.

 

[MechDX]

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.

Every time I go in there it reminds me of an Ikea online showroom. It can't possibly exist in the real world

 

[Adam_Roman]

I'm moving into a new place in March that's all hardwood and tile. I'm contemplating installing a central vacuum unit. Anyone put on in?

I never knew those even existed until I saw you mention it. Then I asked my parents if they knew about them and they said "Yeah, we had one at the old house when you were little".

 

[SeanR1221]

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

And nice hardwood is more expensive than that.

I went with bamboo which was expensive but cool looking and super durable.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

As a child I loved smooth floors because I could get a good start and slide on them in my socks

We used the floor for different things. I did not run around the house (or anywhere). I was sitting/laying in the floor reading, watching TV, and playing Atari. The cushion of carpet made that much more pleasant.

 

[jotun?]

Wall to wall carpeting is disgusting

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

An allergy + asthma nightmare

The irony is that people growing up with less exposure to microbes like that are more likely to develop allergies and asthma in the first place

We evolved to live in filth - sterile environments are unnatural

 

[Skellig Gra]

I love the comfort aspect. While carpeting may be less sanitary you have to constantly work on wood floors.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Concrete all the way. Go full brutalist while you're at it.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

In a nice condo it's amazing to have in the living room and bedroom. Makes hosting much more comfortable for guests.

Obviously not a great choice for frequent parties and beer pong.

 

[Days like these...]

I don't know why but I know who. Its those "I'm incapable of stepping outside without stepping directly into shit/piss/vomit/motor oil so no shoes in house weird germaphobes!"

 

[Red]

First thing we did in our new house was rip all the carpet out. I don't get it either.

 

[Grug]

I love the carpeting in my house. Lush as hell. People comment about it all the time.

As long as you don't cheap out on your choice of vacuum cleaner, you are fine.

I vacuum once a week with a Miele C3 vacuum... takes about 10 minutes.

Steam occassionally with a steam mop to eliminate any odours.

 

[Rebel Leader]

When you don't have a choice

 

[Friggz]

What kind of cheap carpet are you guys buying?

this. the carpet i have repels pretty much everything, and liquids bead up. its expensive, but lol walking around barefoot on hardwood or tile.

 

[dofry]

You're from a warm place, aren't you?

Finland. Does not have permanent carpet flooring in 99,9% of the apartments and houses. We use rugs. Easy to change the room appearance with a new carpet and waaaay easier to clean or replace when necessary.

If I had carpeting in rooms, I'd even where shoes inside contrary to normal, decent behaviour. Carpeting collect shit like magnets. And I am talking about permanently glued shit carpeting. If you can replace something then it's ok-ish. Not pretty but passable.

The hidden 11th commandment was actually "Thou shalt not use carpeting in thy home. That shit be disgusting for thyself and an eyesoreth"

 

[John Kowalski]

Nice for sleeping on the floor if you can't find the bed.

 

[PaulloDEC]

Wait, people take off their shoes while walking around the house?

I use the same shoes inside and out. I also have the same carpet down for the last 15 years and the only cleaning it got is the vacuum once a week.

Wait, people don't take off their shoes while walking around the house?

Love me some carpet. Soft underfoot, and if you have a good vacuum cleaner, no pets and don't allow shoes inside it can stay nice for years.

 

[S-Wind]

- It feels WAY nicer (texture-wise) against my bare feet (I don't wear shoes indoors)
- It feels warmer
- It's softer, which also feels nicer against my bare feet

I far prefer carpet over hardwood floor!

 

[.JayZii]

I prefer wood or tile floors in general, but carpet is nice too.

The real question is why gross-ass people walk around their carpeted homes with their shoes on.

 

[Nivash]

These days? I don't think there's a good reason. Why it was invented in the first place though? I think I finally figured that out when my parents put in natural hardwood floors and my grandmother was skeptical.

Turns out that for her generation, natural wood floors were associated with poverty because it was used by people who couldn't afford any better than untreated wooden planks for flooring. So I imagine that at some point, carpet flooring was a viable options for people wanting to escape the poverty stigma but who couldn't afford parquet or stone floors. Those plank floors were probably cold and uncomfortable too, something the carpeting would have helped counter.

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

Carpet throughout the house except bathroom and kitchen.

Get a good hoover and carpet cleaner, it's way more comfortable, cosy and "homely".

 

[Zen_Arcade]

It's soft on your feet, less likely to break things if they fall, or hurt children if they fall as well. We don't wear shoes in our home so it stays clean.

Carpet bruh <3

All of this + dogs tear up hardwood floors.

I'd much rather have carpet in most rooms.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Because it's cheaper than hardwood.

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

It's nice when you have to lay or sit on the floor.

 

[Get'sMad]

After years of mostly living in apartments with carpet and then moving into a house with nice hardwood floors I could never go back. Love how they look, easy to clean, etc...But yeah some rugs are essential. Have a nice big rug bedside in my room and the guestroom, one in the hall that leads to bedrooms and bathroom and one in the living room between the couch and entertainment center (for when I feel like chilling on the floor between the 2 and for helping damping some of the sound reflections from the speakers).

 

[robot]

I knew someone that had every room carpeted - including kitchen and bathroom. It was weird.

 

[CaviarMeths]

I live in a town where the annual average high is 7C/45F.

Carpet is nice in the bedroom.

 

[AppleSeason]

When I came to live at my current place everything was like that with three different types of carpet. I had it removed from all rooms and replaced it with fake wood floor. I was specially concerned with having that crap in the entrance and corridor, as I would have to enter with soaking boots and I leave my bike there, so I wanted something easy to clean.

The only exception has been the living room, where I decided to keep it. It was in much better shape than the rest of places, it's warm and above everything else blocks a bit of sound from the neighbour under me. And considering putting a big ass carpet on the bedroom covering as much floor as possible. But I've always lived with either fitted carpets or extra large ones, so that's what I'm used to. Although cork pannels are the thing I would use the next time instead of the fake wood.

 

[p_xavier]

You know that you can get heated floors right? Dumbfounded that people still install carpet.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Where do you live, OP? I assume it doesn't get very cold in the winter?

That said I am not a fan as I have chronic allergies. But I can see the appeal.

You know that you can get heated floors right? Dumbfounded that people still install carpet.

I imagine that's more expensive and not exactly energy/eco-friendly...

 

[MogCakes]

Stop wearing shoes inside OP. I never understand why people keep their shoes on when they go into someone's residence. It's rude.

 

[TheYanger]

Stop wearing shoes inside OP. I never understand why people keep their shoes on when they go into someone's residence. It's rude.

That's VERY culture dependent.

 

[perseus209]

As someone who has slept on the floor on a daily basis up until I started going to college, carpet is great. Just keep it clean.

 

[GlowStick]

Stop wearing shoes inside OP. I never understand why people keep their shoes on when they go into someone's residence. It's rude.

This thread is baffling to me, and I think it's for this reason. I don't think I can think of a home I've been in that isn't over 50% carpeted. But I'm also from an area where not taking your shoes off at the door is super rude. It's wet and dirty outside more than half the year. You don't want to be tracking that into someone's home.

 

[MrChom]

Tile for the bathroom, near the front door, and Kitchen
Carpet everywhere else.

Take your damn shoes off when you come in. Seriously, who wears shoes in the house?

All it takes is a decent hoovering, and a quick Vax every so often and BOOM lovely clean carpets. Nice to walk on, great for kids, dampen sound, keep your house warm.

Also...where are you living that Carpet is the cheap option? In the UK wood floors come in far cheaper...then again maybe we just buy nicer carpet.

 

[QuantumSquid]

Because it's soft on my toesies.

 

[Lamel]

Makes sense in bedrooms. Comfier and warmer.

But I prefer hardwood floors in pretty much every other situation. Tiles are nice for kitchens, but otherwise get pretty damn cold.