Carpet V Wooden Flooring..

Femelade

Hi there.

New build almost ready for flooring...

Initally we were going to put wodden floors through-out the entire house except for kitchen and bathrooms.

But have started to think lately of getting carpet for the three bedrooms upstairs..

Is it cheaper to carpet a room? Its definatly cosier for a bedroom, but do many people put down carpet much anymore..would wooden floor be better??

Also, for the wooden floor, we are unsure as to what to get, solid, semi solid, or whatever other kind is out there?

Any ideas/help?

cooperla

Femmy wrote: »

But have started to think lately of getting carpet for the three bedrooms upstairs..

Is it cheaper to carpet a room? Its definatly cosier for a bedroom, but do many people put down carpet much anymore..would wooden floor be better??

Also, for the wooden floor, we are unsure as to what to get, solid, semi solid, or whatever other kind is out there?

Any ideas/help?

As far as I know carpet is cheaper. My OH tells me carpet is coming back in fashion but who knows:) Putting carpet in the bedrooms is fine IMO and as you mention it has the comfy factor (it is nicer to be able to step on a warm carpet first thing in the morning instead of a cold wooden floor).

When I done mine three years ago I put down all semi-solid. It's grand as far as I'm concerned. If you're laying on concrete don't be cheap with the underlay though as you'll regret it later:)

Vegeta

I am currently flooring my house at the moment.

Our house has solid french pine throughout the landing and bedrooms upstairs (bar toilets obviously) We are still going to carpet our bedroom though as we prefer it, even though the carpet would be going down over a perfectly finished wooden floor.

Tiling the hall, kitchen/diner, utility and down stairs toilet.

Putting down solid wooden floor in the sitting room

On picking engineered flooring versus solid wood it really depends on your house. Has it got under floor heating, where are you putting the wood, does the room get much sun, is it concrete, if so what kind of moisture levels are in the floor, have you gotten readings taken?

It basically boils down to this though, if you are getting wide boards (over 5 inches wide) or you're worried about warping due to moisture then get engineered. It costs the same anyway (often times its more expensive) and looks 99% as good.

Oh just thought I'd add that engineered wooden flooring will warp too, its just less likely than the solid stuff

Hope that helps

newbuilder

I'm flooring my new house at the moment too, we've decided to go with tiles in hallway, kitchen, utility and bathrooms and wooden floor on most of downstairs. We have underfloor heating so had to go for engineered floors which for a walnut engineered is costing us around €50p/y2. We are carpeting our bedroom (my OH choice not mine) which is costing €30p/y2 fitted. Again like anything you can get really expensive carpets and really cheap ones, depends on your budget but remember the cost of wooden floors is just for the floor, you have to pay for underlay/glue and someone to fit it on top of that, with carpets you usually get a fully fitted price. For us it worked out less than half the cost of wooden floors to carpet our bedroom, and I do think it will make it really cosy.

Femelade

Thanks for all the advice!!

Ellechim

Also, bear in mind the sound insulation in the house - wooden floors can be noisy.......hence carpets upstairs are quieter, useful if you have small children

Dizzyblonde

We put laminate floors in the bedrooms because solid/semi solid floors mark easily with high heels, toys etc. If you want to be able to walk around and look at an outfit (shoes included) in a full length mirror then laminate or carpet is better upstairs.
I have 2 adult daughters and if I had wooden floors upstairs they'd be destroyed by now

ps: We had the builders put rockwool between the downstairs ceilings and upstairs floors - it dulls the sound very well.

Mink

Ellechim wrote: »

Also, bear in mind the sound insulation in the house - wooden floors can be noisy.......hence carpets upstairs are quieter, useful if you have small children

This is so true. I live in house with all solid wooden floors and it's unbelievably noisey.
Also when each week, floors all have to be hoovered AND ALL mopped which is a pain. Hairs and dust bunnies gather up in corners and in awkward spots during the week, just to taunt you at the weekend. At least with carpets they're easy to hoover and then you wash them twice a year or something.

I miss carpets

kildareash

We've just had cream carpet put down on stairs, landing and three upstairs bedrooms...
Personally, I would have preferred wooden floor in main bedroom at least...easier to clean up fake tan or creams when the spill
But OH doesn't like the cold feeling of it when you get out of bed in the morn.
We went for lino in the kitchen and bathrooms...
Got all fitted for under €1k.

The plan is to put wooden floor into the hall and living room. We're undecided about laminate/semi-solid/solid....all have their plus and negative points.

We want something that's not too expensive, but that is durable and wears well...we want to get a few years out of it. Any advice????

merchant

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luckat

I have wooden floors in an oldish house, and they're not noisy - but the rule here is 'no shoes in the house' - no outdoor shoes dragging germs and filth inside. Better for the floors, and better for the shoes. And better for your peace of mind; there's something lovely and cosy about coming in and kicking off your outdoor shoes in the porch and settling into your slippers with a happy "I'm home!" sigh.

I'd like to carpet the stairs, though - better for them.

If you do go for wooden floors, remember that they'll probably need to be re-sanded and -varnished every 10 years or so.