10-24-2012, 11:03 AM
Sam,
I will never have carpeting in my home. Ever. It collects dust and other allergens on top of normal day to day grime and and can never ever be cleaned to a satisfactory level. Even pro carpet cleaning can't get carpeting as clean enough for my taste.
My wife and I bought a new apartment in March and one of the first things we did was rip out the carpeting in the bedrooms. The sheer amount of grime in what looked like reasonably clean carpeting nearly sent me to the hospital. The crap floated in the air and eventually settled everywhere. It took a crew of three people two sessions to get rid of it all. That's how bad it can be with carpeting.
If you rip out the carpeting - something I recommend wholeheartedly - go hardwood and have a pro perform the installation. It's more than just cutting, placing and nailing the flooring in place. It's also about proper finishing. I just had the floors refinished in my apartment and they installed new flooring in the closets. While I could have done this all myself, I felt it wasn't cost effective. That and there is no way I could do the job as well as a pro. There is an art to installing wood, regardless of what others have said in the forum.
Ads for cleaning hardwood floors, you hit them with a vacuum and a swiffer. Easy and effective.
Robert
I will never have carpeting in my home. Ever. It collects dust and other allergens on top of normal day to day grime and and can never ever be cleaned to a satisfactory level. Even pro carpet cleaning can't get carpeting as clean enough for my taste.
My wife and I bought a new apartment in March and one of the first things we did was rip out the carpeting in the bedrooms. The sheer amount of grime in what looked like reasonably clean carpeting nearly sent me to the hospital. The crap floated in the air and eventually settled everywhere. It took a crew of three people two sessions to get rid of it all. That's how bad it can be with carpeting.
If you rip out the carpeting - something I recommend wholeheartedly - go hardwood and have a pro perform the installation. It's more than just cutting, placing and nailing the flooring in place. It's also about proper finishing. I just had the floors refinished in my apartment and they installed new flooring in the closets. While I could have done this all myself, I felt it wasn't cost effective. That and there is no way I could do the job as well as a pro. There is an art to installing wood, regardless of what others have said in the forum.
Ads for cleaning hardwood floors, you hit them with a vacuum and a swiffer. Easy and effective.
Robert