General Chat

Anne.......I've got laminate in the bathroom, hall, living room and is being done in the kitchen as I type!!!! lolol The three bedrooms all have carpet - which I will eventually replace with laminate too!!! When you see the amount of dust, crap, food, crumbs and general dirt that accumulates on laminate flooring its quite sickening to think that was all engrained into a carpet!! I find it much easier to keep clean (Sue do not laff at that comment) although the first year I had it done I did notice a big difference in the heat/cold factor. Now I'm used to it! It does get scratched tho which is a shame cos it kinda spoils it...but there aint a lot I can do about that with my herd of elephants here!!!! pmsl

Jill - I shall be inspecting every inch in 2 weeks time lolol

*steps up the cleaning regime!*

I'll go and have a look. Merry - you are on gen again!! :-)

Hee hee *laughing at idea of Jill and cleaning* ;-)

*ignores Julie's comment - am way too busy for nonsense*

*thinks of Jill sitting at her puter while someone else does all the work*

*googles for a copy of 'The Domestic Goddess by Jill Hume'*

*oh flaming Nora!!!! Its you two!!!!! only just cleaned the screen so now who I am ignoring!!*

got to go for carpet then- all our houses would look dusty and dirty with laminate, at least it hides in carpet!

lol Jess!!

We've got laminate through our kitchen and hall. I like it because it's easy to keep clean and looks good. The downside is that it scratchs and knocks easily. I like the feel of carpet under my feet - makes the house nice & cosy. You have to strike a balance between comfort and practicality. I wouldn't have it in a room where furniture is constantly being moved over it, such as a dining room chair, as I can see it would become damaged.

prefer carpet. I notice folk with laminated flooring start covering parts up with rugs, and complain about the noise, and the dust which seems to constantly settle even when cleaned often.

Have just thought of BIG negative on the laminate option !!! ............ Everytime I get up from the computer, I am going to fly backwards across the room on the computer chair - OH NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*check note 9 in the Goddess handbook *