Today i had to clean alyssa s chunky chicken vomit out of her bedroom carpet.
To carpet or not to carpet.
In fact it s one of the most efficient building materials available when it comes to absorbing noise.
It is a good basement insulator.
Definitely carpet that room.
I ve spent over 30 years in the carpet business and my father was a mill rep for 35 years.
Carpeting is a great sound blocker.
However there are some places in the home that are just better suited to a soft floor covering than a hard one.
I know what i am talking about.
The debate between carpet and hardwood is alive and well with hardwood seeing an increase in popularity in recent years.
With a noise reduction coefficient nrc of 40 to 50 carpet easily bests hardwood s nrc of 05 to 15.
If you do have hardwood stairs you may want to consider a runner to increase safety.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
Carpet works better when it comes to basement flooring.
Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
Alyssa has the flu and one of her barfing explosions missed the trashcan.
Carpet on the other hand would muffle those high traffic sounds and make for a safer stairway.