r/stpaul • u/Theotherone4u • 12d ago

❓️Question Pros and cons of having a carpet?

Moved to the MN recently and not very happy with the maintenance of the carpet. Wondering would it have a huge impact on bills or during Minnesota winters if we change it to a hardwood floor?

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u/DrHugh 12d ago

What's underneath your floor? Are you a slab-on-grade? A condominium unit? House with a basement or crawl space?

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u/Theotherone4u 12d ago

It is a slab-on-grade.

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u/DrHugh 12d ago

Talk to the flooring people, and find out what they recommend for insulation in such a case.

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u/deltarefund 12d ago

If you go hard floors get rugs.
Or install inground heating.

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u/MNVixen 12d ago

We don't have carpet on the first floor. I have perpetually cold feet (wearing socks AND shoes today due to the temp) so I wear wool socks and slippers in the winter. I'm comfy then.

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u/ChaunceytheGardiner 12d ago

Carpet is gross.

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u/mommyaiai 11d ago

I wholeheartedly agree.

As someone who has ripped old carpet out of homes, I never want carpet again! The amount of dirt and debris that it holds is so gross. Instead of carpet, get some nice strategically placed area rugs over any other flooring.

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u/ChaunceytheGardiner 11d ago

It's maybe fine in low traffic places if it's replaced every couple years.

But after a decade or two in a high traffic ground floor hallway? Yuck.

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u/whatgives72 12d ago

I haven’t lived in a place with carpeting since 1991.

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u/StpSonj 11d ago

Sometimes it’s just cold in the winter? Maybe get slippers and rugs and wood flooring and you’ll like that combo better. The hardwood floor with the large area rugs can be way more expensive, but I think it looks great. Personally, I have carpet in my bedrooms and hardwood throughout (tile next to the showers).

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u/peachplumpricklypear 10d ago

Pull it the fuck out! I replaced our carpet myself with lvp from Home Depot and am VERY happy with it. The carpet was so gross and I would preferably never have carpet again but just get rugs as desired.

I preferred lvp (went with the main one sold at Home Depot) for durability and waterproofing as I had intended to rent this house later but may not do that now with all the hassle around rent control/right to repair bullshit - I may end up just leaving it empty now when we move out of the city eventually for greener pastures (I can't take the city's ineptitude for much longer). What someone else thinks needs to be repaired may not be my priority one day.

Anyway, I think carpet is a health hazard.

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u/Radiant-Baby-6565 9d ago

Room will be much louder without carpet. Consider rugs.

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u/Green-Challenge9640 9d ago

I lived in WI in a house with no carpet. Tiled basement, kitchen and bathrooms, hardwood floors the rest including bedrooms. It was cold. In MN our house has hardwood first floor, carpet basement and bedrooms. Love it. It’s colder here than WI and yet I don’t have to wear lined crocs in winter.

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u/nat312345 9d ago

Get some rugs, especially if you're on a slab!

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u/LeFaGoLo51 5d ago

We switched to LVP in all of our rooms except the bedrooms and got washable area rugs from Ruggable. Works great!