Is It Better To Kepp Stairs Carpeted Or Install Wood

This is our stairs before.

Is it better to kepp stairs carpeted or install wood.

The adage better safe than sorry definitely applies to stairs. Carpet on the other hand would muffle those high traffic sounds and make for a safer stairway. Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall. Installing hardwood floors can cost between 9 and 12 per square foot compared with about 3 to 5 per square foot for carpet so some homeowners opt to install hardwood floors only in some.

If you do have hardwood stairs you may want to consider a runner to increase safety. Should we go with carpeted stairs or hard wood. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. You will need to replace the rug after every few years and this might eventually cost more than installing wooden stairs on floors.

Stapling is quicker and cleaner but a glue down installation is more permanent. Cleaning carpeted stairs mean using a handheld vacuum and you will never be able to get them perfectly clean. Outdoor carpet is very thin and durable and appropriate for use in a laundry room or basement as well as on stairs. If you ve got small children or elderly members of your family using the stairs often then carpeted stairs is recommended.

Hardwood floors can become dangerous if there is anything spilled on them. With carpeted stairs you will never be able to adequately clean that angle where tread and riser meet. When it comes to safety carpeting wins the debate hands down. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.

By contrast wooden stairs can be cleaned with a whisk broom and dustpan. Both carpet and wood stairs cost a lot of money to purchase and lay on the stairs. Having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring. Hardwood is however generally more expensive than carpets but it is also easier to maintain and it lasts longer than a carpet.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. Carpets provide safety for stairs even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs. Installing it on stairs requires stapling it or gluing with a flooring adhesive. 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.

Hardwood is a good because high traffic throughways would benefit from a durable low maintenance flooring.