Hallways and stairs benefit from either option.
Carpet versus hardwood stairs.
Also unfortunate is that we can t afford to replace that stain showing beige ness in every room.
Carpet is the safer choice.
Hardwood is a good because high traffic throughways would benefit from a durable low maintenance flooring.
Carpeting on stairs is automatically going to accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.
Neither carpet nor hardwood flooring are recommended for damp or constantly humid conditions such as bathrooms for basement slabs.
Where carpeted stairs really excel is in houses that have noisy stairs.
Which is right for me.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
Both materials can be scorched or burned by cigarettes.
I am tempted for looks and safety to rip up the carpet on the stairs.
Carpeted stairs will obviously accumulate more dust and dirt.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
The carpeting also was just installed last year before my husband and i owned the house.
While carpet fibers are immune to water damage the backing fabric can foster mold and mildew.
Hardwood stairs are easy to clean and maintain with a broom and a mop.
Carpeted stairs require regular vacuuming and an occasional cleaning to keep them in top shape.
Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
Cleaning and maintenance of hardwood flooring and carpet.
Hardwood can easily be damaged by water.
Hardwood or carpet on stairs.
Unfortunately it seems the carpet s just not very high quality.
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.
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.
The adage better safe than sorry definitely applies to stairs.
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.
When it comes to safety.
The alternative is real hardwoods for our main floor and stairs both up and down and throughout the hallway.
Carpet on the other hand would muffle those high traffic sounds and make for a safer stairway.
This noise may be a result of children once young kids learn all about the staircase they will use them relentlessly.