Hardwood Stairs Vs Carpeted Stairs

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Hardwood stairs vs carpeted stairs. Cost and noise reduction come immediately to mind. Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall. To tell you the truth we had most of the transformation from carpeted stairs to hardwood completed last fall. Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
You will need to replace the rug after every few years and this might eventually cost more than installing wooden stairs on floors. Our previous hardwood stairs had treads and with four kids and a dog we didn t have any incidents. Both carpet and wood stairs cost a lot of money to purchase and lay on the stairs. Updated mar 11 2020.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they. I hate vacuuming carpeted stairs and am so glad to be in my first one story house. Some treads might help with the safety aspect. On the other hand all hardwood stairs need is a good sweeping and mopping maybe even a swipe with a damp towel.
Carpeting is usually less expensive than hardwood. Carpeted stairs will obviously accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood. Save pin it image credit. Carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
Wood stairs and upper halls in wood can be noisy especially with shoes on. Apartment therapy i was not a fan of carpeting before moving into my current home where the stuff covers two stairwells and the whole second floor. I can t speak to the noise issue as i can t say i ever noticed hardwood or carpeted stairs being more or less noisy. You ll have to get out the vacuum and give carpeted stairs a good deep cleaning about once a week.
Hardwood is however generally more expensive than carpets but it is also easier to maintain and it lasts longer than a carpet. I ve seen this done in many model homes in chicago too. But cold weather hit before we got around to sanding and staining the handrails so they sat in the garage until the weather warmed up. I m even more of a detractor now that it has caused.
Some possible reasons for the carpeting on stairs and upper hallway landings. Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.