Carpet of wood floors?

 Photo of the day:

 WE owned 2or3 of these Metropolitans, this on made by Nash in the 50s. Always straight drive methinks. We loved it.

So for today:

Wall to wall carpet came into being in my life time.  I have always preferred it to wood floors.  Maybe because on cold nights it is nicer to leave the bed stepping out on carpet.  LOL

For the first few years of my ‘carpenter’ life folks paid dearly for oak flooring.  It was slow to install and a job to sand smooth and finish.

Today we have some very nice ‘fake flooring’ that few who install it call it ‘Slap-down flooring.’ It is very easy to install and not messy. WE call it floating flooring because it is NORMALLY NEVER nailed or glued. There are some touchy areas to cut when installing but over all it does make a good floor and looks great.

It has not been around long enough for long time history. It just snaps together. I installed water proof slap down in this last bath room I did.

No matter how nice it looks, I still prefer more carpet, that is probably the OLD MAN showing up, and besides when you are in your 80s, methinks betting up 3-4 times a night is normal and nice to be stepping on carpet!  LOL

What do you think?

Nite Shipslog

 

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