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Carpet vs Vinyl

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Hey123 ↓

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:49 pm

Hi,
Renovating a house and would love to hear your opinions, carpet vs vinyl in bedrooms?
TIA

ShishKabob

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:51 pm

Vinyl only please....
The smell, the stains etc.. Unless you don't have little kids.
You can clean/wash vinyl so much better.
Carpet is not good for allergies.
As you can see, I'm not a fan of carpeting..

mha3484

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:53 pm

I had carpet and it was the worst. Dont do it. When I removed it the whole smell of my house improved by 1000% percent.

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thankyou1 ↓

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:54 pm

I personally love carpet, I know it's not "in" these days. But I love the warm and cozy feeling.
I don't have any kids with dust allergies or anything and I would just vacuum every other day. I grew up with it.
In my apartment we only had wood/vynal,
whatever it was, in the whole apartment and for some reason I had dust bunnies everywhere.....

↑ thankyou1 ↓

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:55 pm

Or I would do a rug that takes up the whole room Smile

↑ Hey123 ↓

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:55 pm

I have little kids and honestly I think vinyl would be best. Hubby thinks otherwise cuz it's not as cozy... Trying to figure out what to do!

↑ Hey123 ↓

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:56 pm

thankyou1 wrote:

Or I would do a rug that takes up the whole room Smile

I was thinking that, but for the same price I may as well do carpet

↑ Hey123 ↓

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 12:57 pm

ShishKabob wrote:

Thanks for your response, I agree!

Chayalle ↓

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 2:01 pm

I happen to like carpet in bedrooms. Cozy and warm on your feet on cold days and nights....
I have a carpet cleaner that I run every so often, to deep clean the carpets. It smells amazing, too, and keeps the carpets fresh. It's amazing how dirty the water gets, which does show that vacuuming is not sufficient to keep carpets clean.

zaq

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 3:46 pm

Vinyl. Carpeting stains, attracts and holds dust, dirt and odors, provides a home for bugs (snug as a bug in a rug--how do you think that expression came about?), sneakily hides sharp things like dropped pins and needles or staples, and can't ever be fully cleaned or disinfected. And it's the pits for allergies.

↑ thankyou1

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 4:29 pm

Hey123 wrote:

I was thinking that, but for the same price I may as well do carpet

It's a little more flexible as you can move it, but it might be annoying with beds.
I don't like getting out of bed onto a wood floor.
I would get a big rug that goes under the bed and out either side a good few feet.

As an aside, just curios when did it become a thing that everyone stopped using carpet?

↑ Chayalle

Wed, Jul 31 2024, 4:50 pm

You can get a low pile, not shaggy carpet which is easier to clean but is still cozy and soft on the feet.

↑ Hey123 ↓

Thu, Aug 01 2024, 9:59 am

Thank you all for responding, I really appreciate it!!
I think I'm gonna go ahead with the Vinyl and put a rug either under beds or just at foot of bed, so it's still a little cozy....

↑ Hey123

Thu, Aug 01 2024, 10:00 am

Should I do vinyl on stairs too?

scruffy

Thu, Aug 01 2024, 10:05 am

Hey123 wrote:

Should I do vinyl on stairs too?

I would do carpet on stairs. Vinyl everywhere else.

chocolatecake

Thu, Aug 01 2024, 10:10 am

Hey123 wrote:

Should I do vinyl on stairs too?

I

I would absolutely do vinyl on the stairs as well. When we did work on our house we put floor everywhere but the contractor refuses to touch the stairs and to bring in a special guy just to floor the stairs cost a fortune so I just carpeted them. They look fine, though floor would
Be nicer. I was recently on an errand and I came home to paint all over my house. My seven year old followed the rules and painted on the deck outside but she clearly had to use the bathroom and downstairs one was occupied because there was a trail of paint from the back door to the upstairs bathroom. It wasn’t a big deal to clean all the floors but yea if you look closely you will see purple and blue paint on my gray carpeted stairs…..

sweetdimples

Yesterday at 1:19 am

Chayalle wrote:

Bumping this up. Chayalle, can you tell me please which carpet cleaner you use? Link would be awesome

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