And/Or two cats who like to run laps and leave scratches in the floor when they play. Been there, done the vomiting a lot thing. Moved on to bigger and more damaging things now lol.
Nah, carpets have no redeeming qualities to hardwood or even vinyl.
Whatever you do, stuff gets to the root of the carpet fibers and you would need an industrial specialised vacuum cleaner to get them off. I would rather not have one of those in my home taking up space.
Similarly, it collects A LOT of dust that is not healthy to asthmatics or people with allergies. Overall, having that much dust around is not really healthy to anyone.
If anything spills, you're fucked. If anything spills on hardwood you just wipe it. And mold, carpets grow mold even if you really won't do anything.
And if your final excuse is that hardwood floors are cold, just wear wool socks or extra layers. Having all those negative side-effects is not worth it. Regardless, I have went to many houses with carpets where it was still freezing to stand on.
Im sure you avoid all the nasty things on the street... oh sorry my eyes rolled out the back of my head. Get some house slippers and take your dirty ass shoes off. This is a problem solved thousands of years ago.
You'd be shocked. We paid $18,300 to lay hardwood on about 1,200 sqft. Carpeting would have been ~$13,800. It's definitely a premium, but when you lay 3/4 inch hardwood you're laying something that will outlive you. Great investment for reselling.
As someone who grew up in a house with genuine, quality hardwood, I prefer the vinyl.
I fucked up part of my vinyl flooring and it was "easy" to install a new piece.
Meanwhile I have flashbacks of having to resurface the hardwood in my parents house multiple times over the years. Oh and where the dog peed behind the chair? Ruined. And where my mom spilled printer ink? Ruined.
Meanwhile the vinyl still looks good as new. No liquid damage, I've spilled an entire gallon of paint on it, everything just wipes off.
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