Carpet or not?

I have painted wooden floor boards and rugs in my bedrooms, tiled floors in the kitchen and bathroom and fitted carpets in the rest of the house.. I like the mix... and don't find the house noisy or cold.. definitely not a fan of vacuuming but not having pets means it doesn't have to be done very often..

aggie

If the amount of fluff dirt and crumbs I get on my wooden floors is anything to go by, carpets must be filthy !

We're just filthy then.

Nice.

Callistemon21

aggie

If the amount of fluff dirt and crumbs I get on my wooden floors is anything to go by, carpets must be filthy !

My vacuum cleaner is the judge - it is powerful.
Why would it not pick up bits, crumbs and fluff?

A quick sweep / damp mop everyday is good on my floors , dragging out the Henry daily isn’t

aggie

If the amount of fluff dirt and crumbs I get on my wooden floors is anything to go by, carpets must be filthy !

My vacuum cleaner is the judge - it is powerful.
Why would it not pick up bits, crumbs and fluff?

If the amount of fluff dirt and crumbs I get on my wooden floors is anything to go by, carpets must be filthy !

Well I never! We have carpets everywhere. We must be a long way behind the times.
I think I'd find wood and rugs cold and slippery. We had the whole house re-carpeted about 12 years ago and only the two of us live here now. No dogs or cats. We have the carpets cleaned every 2 years or so. Thorough vacuum by cleaners once a week, quickly by me in between if needed. I find that OK.

Our home is very old, we have varnish finished wooden floors everywhere, except bathrooms. I quick hover daily - dog hair shakes off regardless our floors, but mopping/ good sweep mud and children dirt is easy.

Carpet can get dirty, worn, and soiled, not good for me.

We've no pets and very clean grandchildren 😂
They are trained to take their shoes off.

Hard floors downstairs apart from the sitting room, carpet upstairs.

We have wooden floors and non-slip rugs everywhere except bathrooms and kitchen. Looks good and easy to hoover and mop. I wouldn’t want to go back to carpets again. I was always horrified at the colour of the water when they were cleaned.

I got sick to death of carpets when younger as I could never keep them clean. Even after a professional clean, they were as dirty as ever after just a week or two.

With children and with pets and a husband who would never remember to take his shoes off, it's not surprising really.

Since my 40s I have always had laminate flooring downstairs - I still have the mucky husband, pets, and now grandchildren - and it is so much easier to keep clean. The dust shows up more, and it does feel colder but that deep ingrained carpet dirt has gone, at least downstairs.

However, the bedrooms, stairs and landing are carpeted.

My friend had laminate floors laid in the bedrooms and said the noise downstairs was very noticeable if anyone was clattering around upstairs.

Carpet would be warmer unless you have underfloor heating.

Onto

We have laminate downstairs in our lounge and hall, and dining room but carpets on stairs landing and four bedrooms there’s something to be said for stepping out of bed into nice thick carpets 🤣