Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Oct 03, 2010 10:54 pm Hi all, Putting finishing touches on my plan at the moment. I am planning for my living areas to be polished concrete but not sure about the rumpus which is where the children will play inside. So what is your opinions? Should I do the rumpus in polished concrete with some big rugs or just go carpet? Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 2Oct 04, 2010 9:03 am We've been debating this issue as well. For the rest of the living areas we'll be going with tiles and my first thought was to have the area tiled ... but I'm now leaning towards carpet. I think what we are going to do is purchase enough extra tiles to be able to tile the room in the future, but for now we look like we are going to carpet the area and then when the children are older we'll tile the area. The reason behind my thinking is we have toddlers, who tend to sit/lay/roll on the floor and we have tiles at the moment and they move/drag the mat around and it drives me insane. We also don't allow food in the rumpus room, so food in the carpet isn't an issue and texts/pencils are all on the dining table (thanks to a few episodes of decorating walls ), again don't have to worry about that in the carpet. As I said we're having tiles through the rest of the house, but if I was able to convince my husband to have polished concrete I would probably go with that in the rumpus as well with a huge overlocked carpet piece loose layed in the room - a piece that took up the whole space, so it didn't move around. Then when the children were older I could just roll it up and toss it and put down a nice mat. After all that I've probably not helped at all ~ trying to build our dream home by the sea ~ Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 3Oct 04, 2010 9:51 am RaryGirl As I said we're having tiles through the rest of the house, but if I was able to convince my husband to have polished concrete I would probably go with that in the rumpus as well with a huge overlocked carpet piece loose layed in the room - a piece that took up the whole space, so it didn't move around. Then when the children were older I could just roll it up and toss it and put down a nice mat. I think this is a great idea. I went through this when DD's were younger. We had timber floors though. We ended up carpeting the play area for comfort and noise insulation . Also when you are playing games on the floor with them it's much nicer for you also Warmer in Winter and still cool in summer. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 4Oct 04, 2010 10:07 am I like that idea as well. I could have it stitched around the edge so it does not look shappy but I do like the idea of it being removable and then have the nice floor underneath when they grow up. Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 5Oct 04, 2010 10:13 am It's quite cheap to have the carpet remnant edged. Any carpet place should do it for you by the metre. It will tend to "creep" a bit though. We had that type of "carpet" in the rental house we were in. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 6Oct 04, 2010 10:24 am You could always do what we are doing in our living room : we are tiling around the edges then putting a piece of carpet in the middle so its like a rug but fixed. So when it gets yucky, we will just replace it. Otherwise I am tiling my children's playroom as they are now old enough to sit at a desk and they prefer that when playing. Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 7Oct 04, 2010 10:53 am we do the rug thing. I wanted the floor to be seamless as it opens up with double doors to the living area, so we have timber throughout and a huge rug to take up nearly all the space. works well for us. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 8Oct 04, 2010 1:50 pm Because of the polished concrete, my floor will be seamless as well. I am liking the carpet thing with the remnant edge. Put enough heavy things on it such as a wardrobe and sofa and hopefully it won't creep too much (plus could use some carpet tape) Thanks for the responses guys. My main concern is that polished concrete really does not have much bounce (unlike timber flooring and some tiles) so though for safety reasons I wanted something less hard. Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 9Oct 04, 2010 2:04 pm Re: rugs creeping or slipping - you can buy non-slip underlays that do an excellent job of anchoring the rug where you want it. Ikea have them for $15 - http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/70173417 Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 10Oct 04, 2010 2:58 pm Barker, since you are buying carpet for one room only, you may be able to splash out and get a thick luxurious pile that might help with the "bounce" factor. www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 11Oct 04, 2010 9:09 pm Hey themax, not sure how much cash will be available for an expensive carpet. Very tight budget!!! I will also be carpeting the 4 bedrooms so will most likely get it all in at the same time. Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 12Oct 05, 2010 7:12 am Oh ok, sure, didn't realise you were doing the other 4 rooms as well. Yes I know allllllllll about tight budgets and I also know allllllll about how expensive carpet can get. Maybe you could get a bit of extra underlay when you get the other rooms done and put it under your rug carpet? www.themaxbuild.blogspot.com forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20717&start=300 www.leahspaperpassion.blogspot.com Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 13Oct 05, 2010 7:10 pm Will definitely be getting some underlay to get some extra bounce and cushioning! Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 14Oct 14, 2010 9:14 am barker Will definitely be getting some underlay to get some extra bounce and cushioning! Normal carpet underlay under a "rug" (be it a rug or carpet square) doesn't last. It's not designed to be moved around (lifted and stored in summer, or moved for vacuuming etc). You can get a thin padding added by the overlocker or a felt added, but carpet underlay as such would be short term only, as in 6 months it will be crumbling and coming apart. Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 15Oct 14, 2010 10:33 pm Well we are getting costings back for building which is leading to another round of cost cutting exercises. This means no more polished concrete due to the increase in cost and a move to tiles. DW has also decided that she would prefer carpet in the rumpus now so that is not the direction we are heading. Why can't things be cheap... Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 16Oct 15, 2010 8:08 am when you have little kids playing on it I'd rather go the cheap option and not worry every time they might spill something on it rather than spend more for better quality and be anxious every time they play on it! "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 17Oct 15, 2010 8:52 am Carpet is good for little ones. My 1 year old constantly takes a tumble as he learns to walk unassisted. It can be as little as say $35 m2 fully installed on underlay or as much as $200m2, and every price in between, so there's a carpet for every budget! There is a new lighter weight out in the Smartstrand now, for customers who need to drive their dollar a bit further. It's called Smartstrand Basics and still has the lifetime stain warranty, still has the Eco friendly 37% corn content. Check it out as an economical option whilst still getting the cool stain resistance of it's big brother, the IQ150 Smartstrand. Good luck. Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 18Oct 16, 2010 5:20 pm I can relate with your dilemma- I had the exact problem (carpet or tiles??) My kids both suffer with allergies & asthma (no-one has touched on this subject yet-tho very important with little ones), so I have NO carpet in my home. I have a fully tiled home but with wood flooring in the games room/bar (which was an addition). I didn't want my kids to suffer from the reactions that come with dustmites etc... so what I did was tile the rumpus room to have it matching the rest of the main floors, but then I did something quite different- but a huge hit with all my visitors. (curious yet??) Well when I had my landscaping done, I just LOVED the new synthetic lawn we put down around the pool & front yard so I got an extra piece for the rumpus rm & trimmed it to fit perfectly. It looked smashing & it's safe for the kids & even my 1yr old niece loves it -she tumbles & rolls on it all the time-without any injuries. (All kids LOVE to play on the grass don't they?) So when the kids are older I'll simply remove the piece of lawn (as it's not stuck down-it meets with the wall flush) then I'll have the tiles exposed to match in with the rest of the house. The lawn is plastic so no allergies & it's easy to run a mini vac over it (no food/drink allowed in there) and it only cost me an extra $28/sqm without having to pay anyone to lay it-I did it myself-with a stanley knife for trimming. Suzy Re: Help on flooring for rumpus room 19Oct 16, 2010 5:41 pm There is a school of thought that says that hardfloors are worse for asthma etc. Hardfloors allow dust to circulate through the air more than carpet, which traps them. If carpet is maintained very regularly, then it tends to perform better in relation to airborne dust and so forth. That's the report carpet manufacturers have. The other report says the reverse. It is bandied around by hardfloor manufacturers and says carpet harbours all sorts of dustmites ad so forth creating issues. Fact is, most Issues come from bed linen ad beds with dustmites than the oldest carpet. Hardfloors show up dirt more, So they get cleaned almost daily, but no one vacuums their carpet daily. If they did, they would not have dust issues. From the information posted it looks to me your rumpus room is nothing more than extended garage. That will present a number of challenges. 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