healthy carpeting?

greenishmama · 04-21-2015, 12:17 PM

Does anyone know of a brand or type of carpeting that is "not so toxic"?
We need new flooring in our bedrooms and we have pros and cons for wanting to get new carpet vs. some type of hard flooring. A huge con for carpet is the toxic gasses... but I'm thinking that there are now some kinds that aren't as bad as they used to be.....?
oh- and we don't have the budget for really expensive stuff either. So pure wool is probably not an option...

ECingMama · 04-21-2015, 01:42 PM

Do you live somewhere where it's an option to leave the windows open for a week after the carpet goes in?

greenishmama · 04-21-2015, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ECingMama

Do you live somewhere where it's an option to leave the windows open for a week after the carpet goes in?

yes. if it's not raining.... not sure how long it takes for most of the stuff to come out...
a friend had carpet put in her basement and (I didn't say anything to her but) it smelled bad for a long time (a few months ) and I didn't really want my kids to play down there. They came home smelling like it. but.... it might have been a cheaper/stinkier carpet and no windows open in the basement. We'll have good cross ventilation in the rooms where we'd put it and whole house fans in the windows (already have them).

mamacat · 04-21-2015, 02:33 PM

I would go for hard flooring with area rugs.Have heard of people buying carpet from places that have a warehouse stock right there and letting it outgas at warehouse for awhile.It really took several months for ours to stop smelling when moved into a rental house with ne carpet

greenishmama · 04-21-2015, 02:40 PM

considering hard flooring too. the thing is our room is huge. (it's a cape house with just two bedrooms upstairs so each room is huge). it has wasted space really. but real wood wood probably be $$. I also have visions of dust all over the floor all the time. our house seems so dusty lately and I'm not sure why. (more so than ever before). of course with carpeting all the dust is still there on top of the carpet but... you can't see it and it doesn't blow around. and area rugs would be $$ because the space is so large.
so..... I'm trying to talk myself into carpeting.... I do like the softness.

ECingMama · 04-21-2015, 06:53 PM

I hate my hard floors. They hurt. They are so hard. They are pretty. That's it.

I like carpet. Windows open helps a ton. We've bought super cheap and expensive carpeting. Both stink until they off gas the worst of it.

04-21-2015, 12:17 PM	#1
greenishmama Rose Trellis Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: northern New York State Posts: 1,769	healthy carpeting? Does anyone know of a brand or type of carpeting that is "not so toxic"? We need new flooring in our bedrooms and we have pros and cons for wanting to get new carpet vs. some type of hard flooring. A huge con for carpet is the toxic gasses... but I'm thinking that there are now some kinds that aren't as bad as they used to be.....? oh- and we don't have the budget for really expensive stuff either. So pure wool is probably not an option... __________________ married to wonderful DH since '96 "H" 9/2005 "h" 5/2008

04-21-2015, 01:42 PM	#2
ECingMama Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 16,748	Re: healthy carpeting? Do you live somewhere where it's an option to leave the windows open for a week after the carpet goes in? __________________ ENFp Wife who is thankful to be in love....17 years Homeschooling Mom of three....15 DD dancer and 12 DS mountain biker and 5 DD calico critter and dolly mommy 12/2014 8/2015 11/2015 9/2016

04-21-2015, 02:33 PM	#4
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: healthy carpeting? I would go for hard flooring with area rugs.Have heard of people buying carpet from places that have a warehouse stock right there and letting it outgas at warehouse for awhile.It really took several months for ours to stop smelling when moved into a rental house with ne carpet __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

04-21-2015, 02:40 PM	#5
greenishmama Rose Trellis Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: northern New York State Posts: 1,769	Re: healthy carpeting? considering hard flooring too. the thing is our room is huge. (it's a cape house with just two bedrooms upstairs so each room is huge). it has wasted space really. but real wood wood probably be $$. I also have visions of dust all over the floor all the time. our house seems so dusty lately and I'm not sure why. (more so than ever before). of course with carpeting all the dust is still there on top of the carpet but... you can't see it and it doesn't blow around. and area rugs would be $$ because the space is so large. so..... I'm trying to talk myself into carpeting.... I do like the softness. __________________ married to wonderful DH since '96 "H" 9/2005 "h" 5/2008

04-21-2015, 06:53 PM	#6
ECingMama Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 16,748	Re: healthy carpeting? I hate my hard floors. They hurt. They are so hard. They are pretty. That's it. I like carpet. Windows open helps a ton. We've bought super cheap and expensive carpeting. Both stink until they off gas the worst of it. __________________ ENFp Wife who is thankful to be in love....17 years Homeschooling Mom of three....15 DD dancer and 12 DS mountain biker and 5 DD calico critter and dolly mommy 12/2014 8/2015 11/2015 9/2016

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