Benefits of carpets versus flooring

The decision to choose floors or carpet for your home can be based purely on looks but if value is your main priority, knowledge of each wouldn't hurt.To start, hard wood floors come in two types: engineered and solid.Taylor Herron, Owner of Herron Carpet One, explains the difference."Your engineered is going to be a little tougher, little stronger. The core is different so it's going to be a little more resistant to damages."Staticworx Flooring Named to the 2012!

Another type of flooring is laminate, a print of hardwood that is laminated on to the core."So they're not actually hard wood but they have all the looks of a hardwood," Taylor said.Both have different benefits to consider. Laminates are cheaper, resists water, wear and fading and needs less maintenance over the years.On the other hand, hard wood is more durable and lasts longer.

There's also cork..just like wine bottle corks."They pop back out so if you set a desk something heavy on it, they pop back out within a week."And finally vinyl planks are the cheapest of them all."They're actually a vinyl made in a plank to look like a hard wood, more resilient than a laminate and won't swell like a hard wood."So what about carpets? Taylor recommends starting from the bottom up with padding.