In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
Hardwood vs carpet on stairs.
Carpet also won t last as long as hardwood and will need to be replaced frequently.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
Carpeted stairs will obviously accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.
Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
If the flooring on the staircase is currently carpet going from carpet to hardwood could be pretty costly.
I was barefoot having just taken off my slippers that merit their name.
I was not a fan of carpeting before moving into my current home where the stuff covers two stairwells and the whole second floor.
One main floor option is hand scraped laminate with carpet up the stairs to the bedroom where carpet will be the entire upper floor then carpet will also go down the stairs from the main floor to the basement rec room and guest space this will be some kind of floating floor.
Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
Should we go with carpeted stairs or hard wood.
Hardwood stairs are easy to clean and maintain with a broom and a mop.
The carpet will be warm and soft in the mornings.
Carpeting on stairs is automatically going to accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.
It helps with the slipping problem and makes it easier to clean compared to purely carpet.
Carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
You ll have to get out the vacuum and give carpeted stairs a good deep cleaning about once a week.
I think hardwood on the stairs and landing and carpet in the bedrooms is great.
Have you considered carpet treads for hardwood stairs.
In fact i like carpet more as i ve slipped many times on hardwood before when i lived in a house with those and doesn t happen with carpets.
Wood is louder than carpet.
Carpeted stairs require regular vacuuming and an occasional cleaning to keep them in top shape.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
I m even more of a detractor now that it has caused me to fall three times on the stairs with the most recent incident on monday drawing some blood i m not an especially clumsy person.
If you don t do the carpet you ll probably need want to get rugs for the bedrooms and those add up in terms of.
If the home has wooden floors upstairs and downstairs choosing what to do with the stairs themselves can cause stress.