Carpets Vs laminate

[MaryST7]

.......in bedrooms????? Good idea or bad? Due to have new carpets fitted in a fortnight. We stayed at a holiday cottage last week and the bedrooms had laminate flooring with rugs and it all felt so clean and fresh, DH actually agreed 😳😳 but should we go for it or not? Am absolutely rubbish at making decisions, this is really stressing me out.....therefore will definitely go with result of this vote!!! *It will be cheap wood effect, we're on a budget.

We’ve got kardean in all our rooms except the main room as we’ve not got round to doing it. I love carpet but our kids have Sen so carpets would’ve ended up in a mess.

I prefer laminate as with kids it's easy to clean. Doesn't trap dust and if you have pets, fur.

Sorry...if voting let's go for YABU for carpets, YANBU for laminate. What is kardean please, #fadingout?? 🤔

We have wood floor with rugs in our bedrooms. Carpets were a no due to asthma in the family. Wood floors can be hoovered and washed very easily. The rugs are just to have a warm spot for your toes getting out of bed.

Arrest are designed to hold the dirt until you Hoover. That includes dust,mites and other Ick. People who complain that hard floors show the first are happy it’s there and hidden.
We felt so much healthier getting rid of bedroom carpet.

I think laminate looks lovely but in reality can be quite 'echoey' and I wouldn't want to be mopping the floors upstairs. I can imagine in a home let it would make it much easier for proper cleaning when people care less about shoes indoors but in a home it might actually be more work than carpet.
But I say all this with the opinion that yes it does look very lovely.

Just had my carpets replaced with laminate in bedrooms. Due to allergies. Much more hygienic & easier to keep clean. They look lighter & brighter too. You do need slippers though!

I've got lino (cushion floor) throughout and its great and easy to keep clean.
Plus it's loads cheaper!

I had new carpet fitted in the bedroom earlier this week. New underlay and a really lovely soft carpet. When i walk on it it feels so luxurious. Personally wouldn't have hard flooring but that's just me.

Really pleased with it but I have banned the cat from the room as he has occasionally thrown up on the old carpet.

I prefer laminate. Have a 4 year old and a cat. It's soo much easier to clean

Although I'd much prefer carpet and fabric
Sofa 😁

Eldest has laminate in his bedroom and it is noisy. Probably not so bad in an adult room but 13 year old sounds like a pet elephant. We are debating getting lvt as might be less echo

I would always want carpet in bedrooms. In most rooms actually, I think laminate is awful.

In my next house I don't want carpet anywhere, I hate it. I want tiles or laminate and rugs. Whenever we're abroad there is never carpet and I think it's much nicer. People can come in wearing their shoes with tiles and you don't have to worry, with carpet it's really ick IMO, and asking people you don't know or don't know well to take their shoes off seems a bit strange to me.

@Fadingout

We’ve got kardean in all our rooms except the main room as we’ve not got round to doing it. I love carpet but our kids have Sen so carpets would’ve ended up in a mess.

oow we are getting it in the kitchen next month - glue down type

If you really can’t afford wood I would favour Karndean instead of laminate, with rugs under the bed.

We have laminate all upstairs and it's great. I don't find it cold, we do have runners along our beds and the teen has a fluffy rug. It's easy to keep clean and mopping takes 5 minutes.

There's a certain smell that comes with carpets that I dislike, regardless of how clean it's kept. I don't like to walk barefoot on carpet either so this was the more sensible option for us.

flooringandcarpetcentre.co.uk/2021/03/what-is-karndean-flooring/ - basically vinyl flooring but I find it better than laminate

In bedrooms I'd always carpet.

warmer, quieter, nicer to sit on for kids playing.

I have oiled wood floors downstairs and karndean upstairs in all the bedrooms. Only have carpet on stairs and landing. Karndean is absolutely brilliant for easy cleaning. Wood floors need a bit more maintenance.

Laminate is noisy in upstairs rooms unless you use good quality sound-deadening underlay, which puts the cost up.

I'd also recommend buying a decent quality laminate rather than basic stuff as it seems much more resistant to damage. I used cheap stuff in my kitchen and it really damages easily, but the Quick Step laminate in the bathroom seems to withstand having things dropped on it etc without showing any marks or damage.

If the surface of laminate gets wet after it's damaged it "blows" - basically starts to fall apart.