Re: Domestic Floor Covering
Originally Posted by
Dobra
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Thinking of ditching the lounge, dining room and hall carpets and having Amtico tiles laid instead. Anyone had experience please?
Sorry Dobra, call me old fashioned if you like, but if I had my own way I would have carpets throughout the whole house [except kitchen and bathroom] there is nothing like scrunching your toes into a nice thick pile. The acoustics of a room are certainly a lot better with carpets. Not to mention the room being warmer.
Mrs Fox decided to take up the carpet in the hall and replace it with vinyl tiles. I went along with her thinking it would be a good idea. Three months in, and I hate the sound they make as I clump from one room to the next. It's like walking down the corridor of a hospital. Although I wouldn't tell Mrs Fox she has made a mistake, I've managed to talk her out of replacing the carpet in the bedrooms, which would have been her next project.......
Parkay and Laminate floors look marvellous in glossy magazines, but totally unpractical in a house.