Carpet vs Laminate

Verianna

we are just having some work done on our house then we are ripping up all the laminate in the living room and replacing with Carpet. Is it likely to be warmer? Or not make that much difference?

latecomer

If you put down a good quality underlay they it should definitely be warmer

bigdave77

We had laminate in a bedroom in our last house and now have carpet in our new place and I would say carpet is definitely warmer. Whether it actually is, or if it is all in the mind I couldn't say but I'd choose carpet over laminate every time.As the previous poster said buy decent underlay and you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

Ishtar

We have laminate at the moment - it was here when we moved in - and it's definitely colder than carpet (whether that's in the mind or not, I don't know). As soon as we can afford it we're going to rip it out and replace with carpet.

As mentioned, get a good underlay - not only will it help with the warmth, it can help the carpets to last longer too.

ormus

it does seem as though carpets are warmer, but i reckon its all in the mind too. the green baseboards for laminate are pretty good insulators.

quietheart

Carpet may be warmer but since having wooden floors I'd never have carpet again. Carpet collects dust, think of all the bugs living in there..... yuk!

d900

wooden floors show up the dust a lot easier u will find ur self cleaning them all the time.

get underfloor heating as well? or get lots of insulation

Sam2005

Can anyone recommend the price per square meter and make for a good quality and decent underlay??

eilidh_s

If you have underfloor heating I would go for carpet as the laminate is a natural insulator so you wouldn't get as much heat through it as you would with carpet, but if not I would consider going for real wood. It is a lot warmer than laminate and highly durable, stain resistant, and a hellva lot easier to keep clean. We have no carpets in our house as my mum has asthma and the dust can set it off but in some of the rooms we have laminate instead of hardwood and there is a difference. I reckon it is just in the mind though!

carlos700

We have a good quality laminate floor in our living room but i am thinking about having a carpet layed .Would we be able to leave the laminate floor down and lay underlay & carpet on top of the laminate ?
I dont really want to rip the laminate up just incase in a year or so i want to go back to laminate again .
We have dogs & children so laminate is ideal because i can just wipe it over if its dirty im abit affraid to go back to carpet incase it shows marks really easy .I really unsure what colour carpet to go for to (light beige or cream )would look nice i have a brown sofa but these colours would not last 2 mins in our house any suggestions ?

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The main issue with that carlos would be to make sure you had enough good grip to stop the carpet and underlay sliding on the laminate.I'd say the smaller the room the more feasable this would be. You could stick carpet gripers round the edges of the laminate with a good glue ( if you used a glue such as 'weldbond' you could even take the grips up at a later date without damaging the laminate as weldbond can be removed by using water) Also leaving the laminate down would improve the insulation of the floor too