Is wool carpet worth the money?

brionyrose

Ditto the moths comments: once they get in, they're impossible to eradicate. Unlike a mothy jumper, you can't stick a fitted carpet in the freezer. Also, in my experience, wool carpet pills very badly in high traffic areas. Having moved from a moth-infested property to one with synthetic carpets, I found the synthetic ones to be much easier to keep looking nice, and they came up beautifully with a carpet shampooer. The wool carpet always looked grubby even after a shampoo, and I was constantly cutting black bobbles off it.

Kinnie

We have 80%wool20% nylon in Lou ge dining room , pale beige been down 37 years looks like new ( do clean it now and then)  mmf in 1 bedroom pile is flat , it’s only spare guest room    Always get the best it’s cheaper in the long run

NeverTooLate

brionyrose said:

Ditto the moths comments: once they get in, they're impossible to eradicate. Unlike a mothy jumper, you can't stick a fitted carpet in the freezer. Also, in my experience, wool carpet pills very badly in high traffic areas. Having moved from a moth-infested property to one with synthetic carpets, I found the synthetic ones to be much easier to keep looking nice, and they came up beautifully with a carpet shampooer. The wool carpet always looked grubby even after a shampoo, and I was constantly cutting black bobbles off it.

It's not impossible to get rid of carpet moths, but it does take dedication. I found the best solution to be steaming the carpet, but you have to do it once a week for a couple of months to break the life cycle of the moth.

Moved to a new house and didn't want wool carpet having had moth problems previously but was assured that wool carpets are now treated to be resistant to moths.

Nebbit

We had a man made carpet in our front room for years, then we replaced it with a wool carpet which feels nice and soft. However moths arrived soon afterwards. We spend a lot of time lifting furniture to track them down with the hoover or killing them with the 'electric fly swatter.'  

Albermarle

 Also, in my experience, wool carpet pills very badly in high traffic areas.

Never had that problem but there are different types of weave/backing etc .

ripplyuk

Thanks for the replies. I’ve been doing a bit of research online and apparently, in the past wool carpets were often treated with formaldehyde or other chemicals to make them moth-proof for a lifetime. Apparently these chemicals are now banned and the moth problem has become much more common in recent years. This would make sense because a lot of people talk about how they’ve had a wool carpet for decades and never had any issues, whereas the people who got them more recently often mention moths eating it. 

As much as I’d love wool because it will last longer, the potential moth problem would bother me so think I’ll go with the best quality synthetic that I can find. 

Emmia

Nebbit said:

We had a man made carpet in our front room for years, then we replaced it with a wool carpet which feels nice and soft. However moths arrived soon afterwards. We spend a lot of time lifting furniture to track them down with the hoover or killing them with the 'electric fly swatter.'  

I honestly find the sticky traps most effective, tuck them into a dark corner and you'll be astonished how many they catch. I think they target the males, stopping reproduction.

Edit: we use these ones 
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