There are many different types of flooring available to consumers, ranging from tile, hardwood, laminate and more. Here are some benefits of choosing carpeting for your home:
1. Appearance- Carpet makes a room look better and it adds to the décor. Using color, patterns, and pile heights, you can create just the image you want for your home or business. Carpet fits into an indoor environment without having to dominate it.
2. Style – Color and appearance are part of how a décor is “fulfilled,” but carpet also can make a statement more deep than appearance. It can match a style. Through different fibers, different face weights, different pile heights, carpet truly can make a statement about a home or business. It allows individual or corporate expression.
3. Insulation – Carpet can help save energy. It is an important contributor to the insulation of the indoor environment. Ever gotten up in the morning and had to walk with your bare feet on a cold, hard floor? Carpet really does help keep the warm in, but just as importantly creates a psychological impression that the room is warm.
4. “Feel” – Have you ever tried to “curl up” in front of the fireplace on a hard surface floor? Carpet feels so good. It’s soft, it’s easier on the feet, and it provides a “softer feel” to the whole indoor environment.
5. Acoustics – Carpet eliminates the echo chamber effect. It collects and dampens noise. It absorbs sound and creates a quiet, more controlled, peaceful atmosphere.
6. Safety – Many people at one time or another slipped on a hard surface floor. Try to slip on a carpet. It’s hard to do. Carpet provides a safety barrier that just can’t be ignored, especially in a commercial environment. Besides, if someone does trip and fall, a carpet is a lot softer place to land than a hard floor.
7. Professional Image – Carpet makes a statement about a home or company’s image. It provides a formal, warm contribution to the indoor environment.
8. “Concealability” – Carpet is made to hide and conceal dirt, soil, and other spilled and tracked materials better than other floor covering alternatives. The construction of carpet fiber allows it to conceal soil and spills. Other floor covering alternatives require immediate maintenance when soil is tracked or liquid is spilled.
9. “Cleanability” – One of the most frustrating things a conscientious professional carpet cleaner hears, is from people who think carpet is more expensive or more difficult to maintain than hard surface floors. Anyone who has ever been responsible for the professional upkeep of a tile, stone or hardwood floor knows that is not the case. Equipment, cleaning solutions, systems and training are available that make a carpet easy to maintain installed in all types of indoor environments. Add to the fact that carpet cleaning can be both by interim maintenance “appearance” methods for the short run (such as low moisture encapsulation cleaning) as well as restorative methods for appearance, “wearability”, and health, in the longer run (truck mounted hot water extraction cleaning). Carpet can be maintained at an excellent appearance and make positive contributions to overall indoor environmental quality.
10. Collection And Filtration Center – Carpet acts as a filter in the indoor environment. It filters airborne soiling and pollutants from the airspace. That is a major advantage of carpeting. No other home or business furnishing does a better job of collecting and filtering soil and pollutants whereby they can be properly and completely removed and taken away by periodic professional hot water extraction cleaning. Carpet prevents the migration of pollutants and bio-contaminants throughout the indoor environment. All types of hard surface floors do not. Carpet is a positive indoor filter and collection center. When properly maintained by professional hot water extraction cleaning, it contributes to a healthier indoor environment.
