As status, practical and attractive floor covering the carpet has proved for a long time. It allows to create cosiness and costs not much. However, as we know, any popular product does not do without minuses. Therefore before making final choice of floor covering, it is necessary to know all its features.
Carpet pluses
Such covering as carpet is distinguished by high practicality. Its cleaning differs in nothing from normal cleaning of carpet. The vacuum cleaner for regular cleaning, stain removers and other modern means for removal of strong spots – for emergencies.
It is better to choose carpet in rooms with children. On such floor the kid can creep without threat to catch a cold.
At the same time, the carpet in itself is excellent sound insulation, especially, if it on rubber basis.
The carpet easily and quickly keeps within therefore repair does not take long time. At hit of large amount of moisture the surface keeps form and is not deformed.
Important competitive advantage – rather low price of carpet from artificial materials.
Carpet minuses
At all advantages and practicality the carpet can quickly lose exterior if it is subject to constant gross contamination. Most often spots from oil, street dirt and the earth it is rather difficult to remove from surface without loss of color. Knowing this quality, it is better to dim carpet those surfaces which have low ability through passage – bedrooms, nurseries.
The carpet is good for arrangement of house space, however where there are sleek-haired animals, it is better to refuse such floor covering. For example, breeders of dachshunds know well how it is difficult to cope with the rigid hair of animal hammered into dense carpet. Not to while away weekend without a break with tweezers, pulling out the pet's wool from favourite carpet, it is better to be limited to normal linoleum.
For obvious reasons you should not put carpet in kitchen. Having seen the courageous project with plush floor covering of kitchen in the design magazine, it is worth remembering always how often in the course of cooking something sticky and greasy falls on floor and as it is difficult to cope with similar pollution on carpet.