Upstairs bedrooms and landings: Which is better Carpet or Wooden Floors?

Hi,

We are looking at putting carpets in all upstairs bedrooms and landing/stairs in our new build.

We just really like the look and feel of carpet.

Now everyone else seems to be putting wooden floors down on their bedrooms but I dont personally like that idea.

So my question is - am I mad to put down carpet ? would I be better off with wooden floors ? Will wooden floors last much longer ? I presume wooden floors would require less maintenance but is there anything else to consider ? Would carpets even devalue my house to prospective buyers (if I decide to sell)?

Re: Carpets

I think it comes down to personal choice, carpets would be a wise choice for acoustic values, and as you say you like the look and feel of carpet,
then go for it

Hi,

I think it just boils down to taste and sometimes people suffer with asthma so wooden floors are recommened more than carpets. I have lived with wooden floors for 15 years and have decided to put carpets down and hotel quality underlay and find the difference amazing.

angela59

I've had wooden floors upstairs for 7 years now - can hear every footstep from the other bedrooms and plan to carpet the rooms when I can afford to. Had carpets upstairs in my last house and it was much nicer and cosier than the wood, maybe a bit more hoovering involved but not as much as having them downstairs. Would recommend a good hard-wearing carpet for the stairs & landing though as that will take most of the wear & dirt.

Hi

I agree with Rois - go for wool carpet on stairs and landing.

angela59

thanks for replies. I have hollowcore so I want to keep my acosutics so carpet makes sense. to be honest I dont understand why so many people are putting wooden floors in their bedrooms in recent years. it cant be all allergy related. will look out for the hotel quality underlay.

We had carpet in our last house and our first child who was a baby/toddler there had very bad chest problems. A consultant diagnosed her as asmathic but Mrs B didn't agree and sought a second opinion. A very practical GP told her it could be dust related and that a lot of children had similar complaints which could be traced back to the dust in carpets. We moved house shortly afterwards and went with all wooden floors. My daughters repiratory problems cleared up and none of my other children (babies/toddlers in that new house) ever had chest problems.

That alone has me sticking with wooden floors but from a noise point of view carpets are definitely better

I agree with the points made above, both pros and cons, but would add that carpet can be bad for causing eczema in crawling babies / toddlers / small children.

but would add that carpet can be bad for causing eczema in crawling babies / toddlers / small children.

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Our 2 children have reached 5 without any respiratory problems and we've carpet in the kids room and landing, in fact we're looking at carpets for our own room at the moment which has wood floors and we've a baby due soon.

Carpets more comfortable and warmer to walk on, better for acoustics, coins dont roll under the bed as much (or make as much noise) when declothing at night

wood floors less dusty, easier to keep clean then carpets.

So once youre aware of the differences, its a matter of taste.

carpets upstairs are the way to go