carpet or laminate
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breezer
depends where its going really
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breezer
kitchens are often known for spllling things in so lamiante for there, lounge is for lounging in, laminates are "hard" and i believe change the rooms acoustics alot, so i would have carpet.
dont follow- lead, have what you want, not what is "in vogue"
oh, and this years colours are going to be brown, pink and yellow, i read that in neopolitan magazine
dont follow- lead, have what you want, not what is "in vogue"
oh, and this years colours are going to be brown, pink and yellow, i read that in neopolitan magazine
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Its personal choice Paul.
I don't like laminate anyway so for me the choice would be wood or carpet. If your looking for an amazing, magazine cover look then wood is the answer. On the other hand carpet is warmer (cosier), easier on the knees (depending on what your doing on the floor
) and has better acoustic properties. I've often laid carpet over a wood floor and felt the instant change in the acoustics and atmosphere in the room as soon as the carpet is rolled out.
Kids love wood for rolling toys over...dogs usually don't, espescially older dogs with arthritis who might struggle with keeping a grip on the surface...grans and grandads might have the same problem!
You can get the best of both worlds by alternating wood and carpet...or using rugs.
Wood perhaps need more maintenance but you can simply wipe up that spilled glass of wine.
The wood manufacturers have made a big play on benefits for asthma sufferers over the past few years...but on balance I think it isn't really any better than carpet...unless your going to commit to a hospital level maintenance programme.
I don't like laminate anyway so for me the choice would be wood or carpet. If your looking for an amazing, magazine cover look then wood is the answer. On the other hand carpet is warmer (cosier), easier on the knees (depending on what your doing on the floor
) and has better acoustic properties. I've often laid carpet over a wood floor and felt the instant change in the acoustics and atmosphere in the room as soon as the carpet is rolled out.Kids love wood for rolling toys over...dogs usually don't, espescially older dogs with arthritis who might struggle with keeping a grip on the surface...grans and grandads might have the same problem!
You can get the best of both worlds by alternating wood and carpet...or using rugs.
Wood perhaps need more maintenance but you can simply wipe up that spilled glass of wine.
The wood manufacturers have made a big play on benefits for asthma sufferers over the past few years...but on balance I think it isn't really any better than carpet...unless your going to commit to a hospital level maintenance programme.
I don't think so,JIM456 said:
Copy & paste from my prevoius post.
I think the real reason for these type of flooring is to get rid of the problems with carpet specially with flea living in them!
I don't have carpet anywhere because 3 member of my family (I always been the odd one out
) have asthma and since then my 2 son's now don't use the inhaler anymore. I have a mixture of ceramic floor tiles, laminated and solid wood flooring. I must admit I do feel a lot healthier not having carpet. Copy & paste from the Asthma weblink,
Get rid of carpets.
Every time someone walks over a carpet, mite dust is spread into the air, and will take 2 hours to settle. Babies and young children crawling on the carpet are surely especially at risk.
For practical purposes wall-to-wall carpets cannot be cleaned adequately, though steaming carpets thoroughly may help.
Replace carpets with sanded and varnished floorboards, or a vinyl, linoleum, tiled or purpose-made wooden floor.
I vacuum the old carpet before removing them and took it outside and gave it another beat, they was still loads dusts in it
I agree with you.
Five years ago, when we moved to UK 90% of floorcovering in the UK was wall-to-wall carpet, 10% was everything else (tiles, lino, wood). At the end of 2003 wooden floor covering has increased to 13% and it's still growing (foruntately for us).
Statistics come from AMA research.
Five years ago, when we moved to UK 90% of floorcovering in the UK was wall-to-wall carpet, 10% was everything else (tiles, lino, wood). At the end of 2003 wooden floor covering has increased to 13% and it's still growing
(foruntately for us). Statistics come from AMA research.
Hi Masona,
Very glad to hear your asthma situation has improved.
I'm afraid I'm not convinced but whatever works for you, and as I said It also depends on maintenance which is a variable factor.
As far as I am aware the major problem for asthma suffereres is the inhalation of dust mite faeces which have become airborne (not fleas).
Certainly a clean wood floor surface provides a poorer habitat for dust mites, but the problem is airborne faeces...not the dust mites themeselves. Most domestic carpets contain man-made fibres and will tend to build up a small amount of static charge...and the static can help to hold the dust to the surface...just as dust clings to your TV screen. This means that as you walk over a carpet and disturb the surface, the dust tends to cling to the carpet and resists becoming airborne in the first place ( and therefore isn't breathed in). Also I think that modern hoovers can are excellent and the ones that don't rely on dustbags don't throw the dust back into the atmosphere. The carpet manufacturers argue that as you walk over a dusty wooden floor far more dust is disturbed and becomes airborne.
As I said though the unknown factor is maintenance. If you keep to a strict regime of hoovering and mopping the wooden floor then yes, I'm sure it will result in a cleaner dust free atmosphere. But the same argument applies to all surfaces, meaning that you get rid of all fabrics, curtains etc.. If my kid was suffering from serious asthma attacks then I'm sure I would get rid of the carpet...but otherwise I would put more faith in air purifiers and regular hoovering.
P.S. I work with both materials so I don't have an axe to grind on this...the trouble is I think the manufacturers pay scientists to come up with the results they want...what we need is more people like yourself with real-life experience!
All the best.
Jim
Very glad to hear your asthma situation has improved.
I'm afraid I'm not convinced but whatever works for you, and as I said It also depends on maintenance which is a variable factor.
As far as I am aware the major problem for asthma suffereres is the inhalation of dust mite faeces which have become airborne (not fleas).
Certainly a clean wood floor surface provides a poorer habitat for dust mites, but the problem is airborne faeces...not the dust mites themeselves. Most domestic carpets contain man-made fibres and will tend to build up a small amount of static charge...and the static can help to hold the dust to the surface...just as dust clings to your TV screen. This means that as you walk over a carpet and disturb the surface, the dust tends to cling to the carpet and resists becoming airborne in the first place ( and therefore isn't breathed in). Also I think that modern hoovers can are excellent and the ones that don't rely on dustbags don't throw the dust back into the atmosphere. The carpet manufacturers argue that as you walk over a dusty wooden floor far more dust is disturbed and becomes airborne.
As I said though the unknown factor is maintenance. If you keep to a strict regime of hoovering and mopping the wooden floor then yes, I'm sure it will result in a cleaner dust free atmosphere. But the same argument applies to all surfaces, meaning that you get rid of all fabrics, curtains etc.. If my kid was suffering from serious asthma attacks then I'm sure I would get rid of the carpet...but otherwise I would put more faith in air purifiers and regular hoovering.
P.S. I work with both materials so I don't have an axe to grind on this...the trouble is I think the manufacturers pay scientists to come up with the results they want...what we need is more people like yourself with real-life experience!
All the best.
Jim
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breezer
thing i wonder about, although the above is true, what about all the "bugs" that live in you bed, so does that mean laminated beds and bed linen to avoid asthma?
having said thta, i bet dracula would have been ok he did sleep in a coffin
having said thta, i bet dracula would have been ok he did sleep in a coffin
You could be right as it could be a philolgical thing when mopping up wooden floor you feel it's clean as with carpet we are not sure if the hoover have clean the carpet 100%. Good point from Breezer, you cured one problem then created other problem somewhere else! The carpet owner probably don't noticed this but when I walked into carpet area I can feel the air quality is heavier when breathing compare to wooden flooring. I think the only way to beat asthma is to hoover every day! I'm not quite convince there's a hoover can collect all dusts out of carpet as with wooden floor you know it clean.JIM456 said:
masona said:
Right you are! Have you ever lift up a carpet (when you were told that it was hoover everyday) and saw the amount of dust/dirt underneath it?
We used (use) to say to customers: wooden flooring: no hidden dirt. Dirty is dirty (you can see that clearly) but clean is clean.
You should see my flooring in the hallway now with all that snowing going on. You can't clean against it
. Imagine all that going into your carpet (It's wet, so can a normal hoover tackle that?)DIYnot Local
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