Carpet Or Laminate Upstairs

What is your guys opinion on flooring for upstairs.

Carpet or laminate upstairs.

Try laminate instead of wood laminate is a great choice for second story rooms because it is not as noisy as hardwood. Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall. With both carpet and laminate when buying a mid range floor it should also include a warranty. The master bedroom is also a good place to install hardwood or hardwood laminate flooring.

Adding 40 pound felt padding to wool or nylon carpet can reduce noise by 50 to 70 percent. Laminate may be a bit noisier since it s harder and has less give in it than pine floorboards. With carpet a higher plusher pile tends to equal greater expense and wool is the most expensive fiber used in the flooring. Carpeting can generally be purchased for 2 to 15 per square foot installed.

Replacing carpeting is much less expensive than wood. They barely make any noise at all upstairs in fact they only make a lot of noise anywhere if you walk on them in shoes or push chairs around. And laminate for 3 11 per square foot installed. Just be sure it coordinates with the carpet you have elsewhere upstairs.

Carpet is more expensive but installed. Available in a wide range of colors and textures from deep pile to short looped berber carpeting is warm on the feet and luxurious. To get maximum peace and quiet from your laminate flooring make sure you have a padded underlay installed to absorb as much noise as possible. Since you have carpeting upstairs consider a shorter nap more durable carpet on the stairs and hallway.

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. Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood. Wall to wall carpets make me sneeze so we have stripped floorboards everywhere. Soft dense pile wall to wall carpet in sumptuous wool is a logical choice for this restful retreat.

The range of costs for both products depends on the quality and style selected. For mid range carpets it is often 10 15 years and for laminate flooring we expect to see 15 years upwards to 30 years. Laminate wood flooring like a pergo is a lot cheaper than carpet but we have to install it ourselves. We don t mind doing the installation for the laminate ourselves but would a wood laminate look cheap upstairs.

As an ideal flooring for upstairs rooms it absorbs and deadens. For professional carpet installers they can do it in about two minutes per stair.