Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
Upstairs carpet or wood.
Wood flooring for stairs safety.
This is our stairs before.
Installed with a deep or memory foam pad downstairs inhabitants will barely know that someone is walking around above them.
Laminate is more diy friendly and moisture resistant than both wood and carpet.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
While wood flooring on your stairs can provide a sleek and modern feel to your home they can also be dangerous.
Carpet is great at blunting or even completely eliminating the sound of people walking on wooden stairs.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
Preferred hardwood is 31 2 4 oak stained.
One thing it doesn t fix though.
The upstairs landing should be hardwood with carpet in the bedrooms.
This will distract from the wood s not matching exactly and will make your stairs safer.
Add area rugs especially in the bedrooms if allergies aren t a problem in your family.
Do the stairs in wood as well and put down a carpet runner leaving a little of the wood showing at the sides.
If you don t know whether you should choose wood or carpet flooring for your stairs our guide can help you decide.
Hardwood flooring or carpeting.
Wood stairs can be slippery and there s not much cushion if a fall were to happen.
The decision may seem daunting when you try to decide what s best for a bedroom in the long run.
Carpet vs hardwood upstairs.
Comments 6 hardwood if at all possible.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Basement should be a nice berber carpet with ceramic tile landing at the back door.
Other flooring trends in hardwood include wider planks the use of reclaimed wood or hand scraped wood that looks antique and exotic species of hardwood such as hickory or walnut.
The cost to install laminate flooring averages 2 750 compared to hardwood s average of 4 400 and carpet s average of 1 600.
Consider that you ve got both padding and carpet working for the cause and you ll realize that bare wooden stairs can in no way match the quiet that carpet offers.
Each type of flooring has its.
As an ideal flooring for upstairs rooms it absorbs and deadens sound.