Specifically when it comes to cleaning, I've only ever had tile so I dunno how easy or hard it is to maintain in comparison to others.
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For those of you who've had different kinds of flooring, which one did you prefer?
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I almost universally prefer real wood floors over anything else. Only exception is in high-traffic water or sand, like living near the beach, when tile is preferable.
In regards to carpet you don't see dirt buildup it as easily but hoo boy is it annoying with liquid spills (wine you basically need a new carpet) or animal hair.
I prefer waterproofed laminate for the near 0 upkeep (unlike real wood) and easy cleaning.
I prefer waterproofed laminate for the near 0 upkeep (unlike real wood) and easy cleaning.
If you have pets, have kids, or live like a complete slob?
Fuck carpet. FUCK CARPET! JESUS CHRIST FUCK CARPET!
If you don't have pets, kids, and live like an adult?
Carpets for life, bro.
Fuck carpet. FUCK CARPET! JESUS CHRIST FUCK CARPET!
If you don't have pets, kids, and live like an adult?
Carpets for life, bro.
Hardwood is very easy to maintain.
The synthetic hardwood is probably the easiest, pergo, etc. Very very durable. The good ones are virtually indestructible. Almost never scratch, easy to clean, just run your Swiffer over it or whatever. Stands up to spills and usually doesn't soak it in. The cheap ones will warp with a lot of water.
Tile actually kinda sucks because of the grout. Your grout will get dirty over time and it's a bitch to clean.
Hardwood is easy to clean and durable but will scratch easily and will wear down over time. Probably need to re-do hardwood once every 20 years, and polish as need be. Hardwood can almost always be sanded and restores by a pro but it's a serious job that costs a few thousand.
Carpet is the hardest to clean. But the benefit is it's cheap and you can put wall to wall anywhere and it looks good and is comfortable to walk on. Also carpet muffles sound. Another benefit is you can easily rip up and replace carpet as your tastes change. Carpet sucks tho. I had a smelly roommate and on hot days years after he moved out his old room would smell like him even after I shampooed the carpet.
Our old house was carpet in the bedrooms, hardwood in the living room, and cheap stick on tile in the kitchen and hall. Stick on tile is horrible. We ripped it up and covered it with laminate hardwood when we opened up the floor plan. We actually covered the original hardwood too because we switched to an open floor plan and it was going to be hard to transition from the fake to the real with an open floor plan throughout the house. We...... I think we switched to laminate hardwood throughout the entire house...... Except the bathroom we did stone tile.
Stone tile with dark grout is easy to clean because it hides grime. But ymmv
The synthetic hardwood is probably the easiest, pergo, etc. Very very durable. The good ones are virtually indestructible. Almost never scratch, easy to clean, just run your Swiffer over it or whatever. Stands up to spills and usually doesn't soak it in. The cheap ones will warp with a lot of water.
Tile actually kinda sucks because of the grout. Your grout will get dirty over time and it's a bitch to clean.
Hardwood is easy to clean and durable but will scratch easily and will wear down over time. Probably need to re-do hardwood once every 20 years, and polish as need be. Hardwood can almost always be sanded and restores by a pro but it's a serious job that costs a few thousand.
Carpet is the hardest to clean. But the benefit is it's cheap and you can put wall to wall anywhere and it looks good and is comfortable to walk on. Also carpet muffles sound. Another benefit is you can easily rip up and replace carpet as your tastes change. Carpet sucks tho. I had a smelly roommate and on hot days years after he moved out his old room would smell like him even after I shampooed the carpet.
Our old house was carpet in the bedrooms, hardwood in the living room, and cheap stick on tile in the kitchen and hall. Stick on tile is horrible. We ripped it up and covered it with laminate hardwood when we opened up the floor plan. We actually covered the original hardwood too because we switched to an open floor plan and it was going to be hard to transition from the fake to the real with an open floor plan throughout the house. We...... I think we switched to laminate hardwood throughout the entire house...... Except the bathroom we did stone tile.
Stone tile with dark grout is easy to clean because it hides grime. But ymmv
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Cleaning is easy too - they actually have a machine specific for it
Hardwood and vinyl for me. You can always put down a rug if you want a carpet feel. I had tile and didn't like it much because of grout and how cold it got. In our current house we have wood, carpet and vinyl. But pulled up most the carpet for the hardwood underneath.
Carpet in the rooms, wood like tile everywhere else. Dog has bear hands for feet, and is loud on everything else like laminate but not as bad on hardwood.
Anything but carpet. We recently got all laminate flooring in our house and love it. One continuous surface for the whole place (except the bathroom).
if I had unlimited funds I'd get large tiles with floor heating though. I just like tiles.
if I had unlimited funds I'd get large tiles with floor heating though. I just like tiles.