With so many flooring options to choose from, picking one that suits any home can be a task in itself. Floor remodeling usually hangs in the balance between tile floors and carpet. Which is better? Which is cheaper? Which will be easier to put down? Well, there are answers for these questions.
In the category of “which is better”, that depends on the person who is doing the remodeling. The home can sometimes dictate that decision. With a mobile home, it can be harder to get tile floors in because the floors are made of wood. The tiles are harder to install that way. Also, a mobile home tends to be made with everything already where it is going to go, making work-a-round’s that much more difficult.
Carpet can usually be a safe bet there. However, in a house, the floor plans can be modified to allow for tile. It looks cleaner, and can make the house smell better. While carpet insulates sound, it also traps mold and dirt, as well as animal born parasites. However, when a tile floor is swept, all of that goes with it. While it is harder then carpet, it is also cleaner.
Tile and carpet usually run at about the same price these days, so cost is usually not an issue. Just choosing the right color tile and getting it put down. While carpet just needs to be nailed down with a little glue and some padding, tile does need a little more work. With scraping the old floor, laying the grout, and putting down the tile, it can get kind of messy, but that mess mops up with water and soap. The alternative is stains that you can never get out. Carpet can stain very easily. It is a fabric-like material and if anything is spilled on it, it can be very hard to clean.
Dog and cat hair is also difficult to get out of carpet. Most of the time, vacuums just can’t get through it and it ends up needing to be swept anyway. With children, stains are common place, just as, with pets and pet hair. However, with tile, a mop and some soap will clean just about anything off the floor.
In high humidity states, like Florida, moisture gets trapped everywhere. It is even worse in houses with carpet. The moisture will get under the carpet where you cannot see it nor get to it. There, it will sit, and start smelling. It will also give way to black mold, which is highly deadly, and very common in Florida. That is not a problem with tile. Carpet also tends to trap heat during the summer. Tile stays rather cool.
People who have bad allergies usually are recommended by their doctors to use tile instead of carpet. That same heat insulator also traps pollen, dust and pet dander (skin particles) which, when breathed in, will cause allergy attacks and also asthma attacks. So, which is better? Tile is a much better choice for people with pets and children, because it is easier to clean. It is also better for people who have allergies and live in humid states. In fact, tile is just better all the way around. We don’t install carpet, but if you are looking for a tile setter in South Florida, you found him.
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