Carpet Versus Hardwood Stairs

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