Carpet Or Laminate Upstairs

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.

Carpet or laminate upstairs.

Installing carpet on stairs might be an all morning affair. Available in a wide range of colors and textures from deep pile to short looped berber carpeting is warm on the feet and luxurious. For professional carpet installers they can do it in about two minutes per stair. Laminate may be a bit noisier since it s harder and has less give in it than pine floorboards.

For mid range carpets it is often 10 15 years and for laminate flooring we expect to see 15 years upwards to 30 years. 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. Adding 40 pound felt padding to wool or nylon carpet can reduce noise by 50 to 70 percent. Wall to wall carpets make me sneeze so we have stripped floorboards everywhere.

The range of costs for both products depends on the quality and style selected. Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall. Just be sure it coordinates with the carpet you have elsewhere upstairs. High quality nylon has a high resilience similar to that of wool.

We don t mind doing the installation for the laminate ourselves but would a wood laminate look cheap upstairs. Once the strips and padding are installed and the carpet cut to size carpet installers can really go to town when laying carpet waterfall style. Carpeting can generally be purchased for 2 to 15 per square foot installed. As an ideal flooring for upstairs rooms it absorbs and deadens.

The master bedroom is also a good place to install hardwood or hardwood laminate flooring. With both carpet and laminate when buying a mid range floor it should also include a warranty. With carpet a higher plusher pile tends to equal greater expense and wool is the most expensive fiber used in the flooring. 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. And laminate for 3 11 per square foot installed. Carpet is more expensive but installed. Try laminate instead of wood laminate is a great choice for second story rooms because it is not as noisy as hardwood.

Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood. Soft dense pile wall to wall carpet in sumptuous wool is a logical choice for this restful retreat.