Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Sep 28, 2009 5:09 pm I am about to start looking at carpets for our house reno. We are wanting to carpet the bedrooms and the formal lounge. Currently we have floorboards. Our daughters are 3 1/2 yo and a 4 mth old. What carpet would everyone suggest? I am thinking in terms of stain resistance mainly. I assume a tight pile would be best - is woollen sisal any good? Cheers Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 2Sep 29, 2009 2:14 pm We have been checking out carpets for our new house and have been told that solution dyed nylon is good for stain resistance. A few different salespeople have recommended it to us. I have heard thet wool is great but that if you get it steam cleaned the natural protective properties are stripped from the carpet which reduces its stain resistance. Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 4Sep 29, 2009 5:11 pm The nylon carpets are fantastic. Usually feel softer and nicer to walk on than wool and can be easily cleaned with a slurpex for spills or any of the spot removers without affecting the dye. Steam clean or dry clean easily but we just grabbed those carpet shampooers you get from Coles for a day and they cleaned up like new. Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34120 Handover 23 Dec 11 Squatting 21 Dec 11 Fixed 12 Oct 11 Plastered 31 Aug 2011 Framed 7 June 2011 Site Start 7 Feb 2011 Land Titled 18 Jan 2010 Land Deposit 25 Jun 2009 Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 5Sep 29, 2009 8:52 pm I tend to think that Jack has the right idea. In a kids bedroom, a cheapy polypropylene will do a good job. It is even more stain resistant than a solution dyed nylon.(to water based stains) What you save compared to a nylon or wool will allow you to put a quality wool carpet in your room so that you can feel the benefits. Remember that no what the salesman tells you there is no such thing as a stain proof carpet. some SDNs are just a little more stain resitant than a basic nylon. They are more fade resistant but this has little to do with staining. If you pay a lot for a SDN that has all the extra treatments then it may start to perform quite well, but for half the price, a polyprop will do a great job. It may look a little tired after a few years but in a bedroom they are not getting the heavy wear. And Tracy, if you get a well trained carpet cleaner who uses a WoolSafe Approved detergent, he or she will not strip anything out of the carpet that should not be there. Incorrect detergents can damage the epidermis of the wool and the internal proteins, and any harmful residues left by poor operators can attract soils. It is poor quality carpet cleaning operators using inappropriate detergents that cause resoiling problems with carpet. If you are thinking of lanoline, then this has been scoured out of the wool before it is made into carpet. Lanoline will just make a carpet smell like a shearing shed and make it soil quickly. This happens from time to time when the scour baths are too contaminated and we have to apply special treatments to deal with this to bring the carpet up to specs. You can find a Woolsafe Certified Operator in your area by checking out the WoolSafe website. As part of their certification conditions they must use a Woolsafe Approved detergent when cleaning wool carpets. There are a number of brands of products for them to choose from. Each one has been independantly tested and must meet the strict criteria before they get the Woolsafe Approval. cheers Col Nation For information on caring for wool and other carpet and upholstery go to www.woolsafe.com.au Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 6Sep 29, 2009 11:34 pm A few thoughts; TRACY There's no reason to worry about having wool carpets steam cleaned, as long as they are Woolsafe technicians who understand how to clean correctly. They should be styeam cleaned at least every two years. JACOBVZ Well that is one plan, but I personally don't think its the best way to go. Kids bedrooms are NOT the place that food & drink should be taken. I believe this is a matter of having zones in a home. Children should be raised to understand that eating and drinking is for certain places and times (like a dining table at meal time). Allowing kids to wander around a house with food & drink is really a crazy way to live! Everything gets coated with grime!.. walls, toys, floors... everything! The house ends up smelling because of the bacteria biofilm that develops. I'm not saying to be so precious that the kids can't enjoy being kids. Just that they respect that there are areas in the home that are for certain things. eg. After they are finished eating, they wash their hands before planting them all over everything. I have two boys (aged 15 and 12) and we have wool carpets in their bedrooms, and in other parts of the home. We have no stains. We have had some accidents, that have been quickly cleaned up. They enjoy playing in the bedrooms in all sorts of ways. But if they want to paint or glue stuff (whatever), they are instructed to do the messy stuff outside or at a table. Seems common sense to me!... why make life hard for yourself? So, I don't agree that kids bedroom carpets get in a mess. That is a matter of how we bring up our kids, and the values we instill into them. I think a high density, low profile carpet will be fine in the bedrooms. You can choose a really cheap polyprop, spend a bit more on a nylon, or buy a nice wool carpet for extra luxury, and thermal and acoustic insulation. It all depends on your budget, and what you want from the carpets. Whatever you choose, look after it. Ash. Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 7Sep 30, 2009 5:07 pm Great to hear that I'd been fed the wrong info about the cleaning wool carpets. I have always wanted wool but had been a bit put off them. Will now definately go back and check them out again. Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 8Oct 01, 2009 1:26 am Tracy, You are not alone! There is so much nonsense being spread (especially by ill-informed carpet sales staff) that its no wonder confusion reigns! Then there's a heap of really dumb advice given about how to remove spots & stains which are utterly wrong. Which is why the Woolsafe Organisation was set up.... to test products for efficacy and safety and certify them safe on wool carpets, and to train cleaning technicians in their correct cleaning. Thought I'd mention a job I attended last week. People bought a house about 10 years ago. It had quality wool loop pile carpets through the house, which had been there at least a few years before. They had a water pipe in a wood fire burst, dumping about 300 litres of water into the lit fire, which flooded the family room. I was sent to sort things out, and the insurance company have authorised new carpet. The owners were dead keen to find a carpet the same to replace the old ones, and couldn't speak more highly of the carpets. I think its good to see people who are happy with their carpets and value them! Ash. Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 9Oct 09, 2009 10:06 am royalblue A few thoughts; JACOBVZ Well that is one plan, but I personally don't think its the best way to go. Kids bedrooms are NOT the place that food & drink should be taken. I believe this is a matter of having zones in a home. Children should be raised to understand that eating and drinking is for certain places and times (like a dining table at meal time). Allowing kids to wander around a house with food & drink is really a crazy way to live! Everything gets coated with grime!.. walls, toys, floors... everything! The house ends up smelling because of the bacteria biofilm that develops. I'm not saying to be so precious that the kids can't enjoy being kids. Just that they respect that there are areas in the home that are for certain things. eg. After they are finished eating, they wash their hands before planting them all over everything. I have two boys (aged 15 and 12) and we have wool carpets in their bedrooms, and in other parts of the home. We have no stains. We have had some accidents, that have been quickly cleaned up. They enjoy playing in the bedrooms in all sorts of ways. But if they want to paint or glue stuff (whatever), they are instructed to do the messy stuff outside or at a table. Seems common sense to me!... why make life hard for yourself? So, I don't agree that kids bedroom carpets get in a mess. That is a matter of how we bring up our kids, and the values we instill into them. I think a high density, low profile carpet will be fine in the bedrooms. You can choose a really cheap polyprop, spend a bit more on a nylon, or buy a nice wool carpet for extra luxury, and thermal and acoustic insulation. It all depends on your budget, and what you want from the carpets. Whatever you choose, look after it. Ash. I agree that that dinner and lunch should be served at the table but lollies and other treats are allowed in the bedroom in my house. I do not have oodles of space so if there are friends over the kids play in their room (yard in summer) and have drinks and treats there. unfortunately a jellybean gets tramples into the ground every now and than. As for the bio film, I can only hope that our cleaner uses enough pine o cleen. My solution: Polished floorboards Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 10Oct 09, 2009 6:24 pm I was recently told by a couple of local carpet retailers to avoid WOOL carpets especially if I have my dogs inside because "wool has no natural protection against stains" (must change when it comes off the sheep's back) It was suggested by a couple more that I use solution dyed NYLON twist carpet. There was a nylon plush which is the same only with a shorter cut pile. I eventually chose 'Redbook' carpet and was told by the installer to "never clean the carpet in a circular motion" -- which I guess rules out the 'Electrodry' cleaning method and not to use steam cleaning because "all carpets are scotch-guarded when they are made, once they are steam cleaned this is removed necessitating cleaning much more often" -- unless ofcourse you have the carpet re-scotch guarded at considerable expense after the first clean. Arfur Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 11Oct 16, 2009 3:41 am Uncle Arfur I was recently told by a couple of local carpet retailers to avoid WOOL carpets especially if I have my dogs inside because "wool has no natural protection against stains" (must change when it comes off the sheep's back) It was suggested by a couple more that I use solution dyed NYLON twist carpet. There was a nylon plush which is the same only with a shorter cut pile. I eventually chose 'Redbook' carpet and was told by the installer to "never clean the carpet in a circular motion" -- which I guess rules out the 'Electrodry' cleaning method and not to use steam cleaning because "all carpets are scotch-guarded when they are made, once they are steam cleaned this is removed necessitating cleaning much more often" -- unless ofcourse you have the carpet re-scotch guarded at considerable expense after the first clean. Arfur, you have confirmed with that MISinformation that you should NOT LISTEN TO CARPET SALES PEOPLE OR LAYERS when it comes to carpet care. They have told you a lotta crap! Firstly, wool does have natural protection from staining, by virtue of its cellular construction. If looked after well, it performs very well. But I have always said to choose wool only if you are going to look after it well. Allowing dogs to live on it may not be a great thing, (possibly an expensive mistake) but some still perform well in these conditions. Yes, having a ROTARY BONNET cleaning method will void the warranty on many carpets, as manufacturers have said it is not acceptable. Manufacturers also say the carpets SHOULD be steam cleaned regularly (AT LEAST EVERY 2 YEARS) and to not do so will void the warranty. Steam cleaning to the Australian Standard is proper maintenance, and does not adversely effect stain resistant treatments if done correctly by trained technicians. So what the installer was telling you utterly wrong! I really do get sick of having to constantly debunk stuff that stupid ill-informed people keep spruiking about carpet care! The stain resistant treatments on a nylon carpet will gradually wear in traffic ways due to abrasion. Proper cleaning with suitable chemicals will not affect this. After the first few cleans, it may be a good idea to have a topical Teflon applied by your technician to restore its performance. This is an investment in the carpet's longevity, and good maintenance. BUT if you fail to maintain the carpet properly, or use an untrained 'carpet cleaner' who do not understand carpets, you may find the carpet's performance declining quickly. And back to the original question... this is an inexpensive carpet that will probably give very good service in kid's bedrooms. http://www.northstatecarpets.com.au/products.asp?id=61 Ash. Re: Best carpet for children's bedrooms 12Feb 01, 2018 3:34 am I was Looking For the best Carpet cleaner And some questions regarding their use so i found this discussion forum.Can Anyone please Suggest Which brand is the best for Safe carpet cleaning? i read in another discussion that your carpet cleaner may damage if its not of good quality. which is the safest nd good Carpet Cleaner need serious suggestion please. Hi, Have fun, remember bedrooms should feel relaxing and inviting, the last space you see before sleep and the first you see when you wake up. 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