How to choose a carpet?

Carpet is sometimes preferable to carpet, especially in an apartment with cold floors. Which carpet to choose depends on what loads the coating will experience.

How to choose a carpet by composition?

Carpet can be made of natural fiber or synthetic.

Advantages of carpet from natural fiber - ecological compatibility, elasticity of fiber, antistatic properties. Carpeting made of wool does not burn out in the sun, so it is ideal for a sunny room.

Disadvantages: short service life, lack of moisture resistance, problem cleaning, high price. In an apartment with young children and animals such a carpet will not last very long, but it will require the expenditure of considerable effort for regular cleaning.

The advantages of synthetic fiber carpet in many respects depend on the specific material it is made of:

  1. Nylon. Elastic and elastic, easy to clean, does not fade, it does not leave any traces of furniture. Service life is 10 years minimum. But it's expensive, static.
  2. Acrylic and polyesterol. It looks nice (while new), looks like expensive wool, does not electrify. The disadvantages are more than enough: the pile is hard, it's hard to clean, absorbs moisture from the air (and therefore smells), and the service life is up to 8 years.
  3. Polypropylene. Externally, it resembles wool, while it is easy to clean, not electrified, it is cheaper than other materials. Disadvantages: absorbs moisture and odors, the pile easily knocks (visible traces of furniture), short-lived (maximum - 5 years).

The choice of carpet will depend on the availability of animals, young children and the means to replace the carpet. Young children love to play with everything that gets them by the hand, so the traces of the child's violent activity can not be avoided: stains from food, scattered earth from flowers, spilled water. Animals leave a strong smell, even if they do not sweep the territory.

How to choose a carpet for different rooms at home?

Kitchen. How to choose the right carpet in the kitchen? The main thing - it should not absorb smells and create difficulties during cleaning. Expensive wool carpet will quickly become unusable, but carpet nylon will be an excellent solution for the kitchen. Even better, if it is impregnated with water-repellent and dirt-repellent.

Bedroom. The floor in the bedroom is the least polluted, so it is in this room you can lay an expensive wool carpet with a long pile.

Children's room. On the purity of the coating in the nursery can not speak. Here it is necessary to do the cleaning more often, therefore it is better to take care in advance that the carpet in the nursery is easy to clean.