We just bought a house and want to rip out the old carpeting in the living room and my son's new bedroom. Our son has pet, dust mite and mold allergies. (We don't own pets). I want to replace the carpeting with hard wood or laminate flooring for his allergies but my husband really wants to stick with carpeting. Is there any type of carpeting that is more "allergy friendly" than others? Obviously low-pile carpeting, but I'm looking for brands or any other recommendations?
Thank you!
We've settled on laminate. Thanks for your comments.
There is nothing better than taking out the carpeting. I took out all of our carpeting and don't regret it.
Have you considered putting in hard wood or laminate in just his room at least? That way you still have carpeting in most areas but he doesn't have to deal with it when he sleeps.
I agree, put your sons health first. Keep as much carpeting out of the house as possible. IF your husband insists, get a very short loop type of carpeting.
But your son is going to spend a lot of time in the living room, so point this out to your husband. I promise 1 stay in the hospital because of pneumonia, and you will be ripping it out.
Speak with the flooring people about carpeting. See what ther suggest.
We also purchased an electric air filter for our daughters bedroom, of court
Se also no drapes in there. Anything that collects dust and is hard to keep Caen, does not need to be where your son will be spending the most time.
Wall to wall carpeting is horrible for allergies. If you must cover the hardwood or laminate floors with something fuzzy, choose wool area rugs instead of wall to wall. You can at least vacuum the edges of the room better, and you can send the rugs out for cleaning yearly to keep the allergens down. Wool rugs are better for allergies than synthetic ones.
Japanese "Tatami" mats.
We have that.
Research it.
It is a very "healthy" flooring.
Or yes, just wood flooring.
I don't think there is such a thing as allergy friendly carpeting. New carpet means new carpet needs to off-gas which may cause allergy problems. Is there such a thing as low VOC carpet (low VOC paint has less gas/smells) How about hardwood w/ area rugs? Area rugs are much easier to replace when they get old and full of allergens. depending on size you can wash or take outside.
We had the last company precut the carpet to room size then hang the pieces up to air out for 3 weeks at their warehouse. It really cut down on the chemical smell that irritates asthma so bad.
My daughter has Cystic Fibrosis and they same allergies you mentioned your son has... We have been told the best thing to do is NOT to recarpet.
I agree with you!
