"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4773c64e@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-27 14:55:55 +0000, "ARWadsworth"
said:


At one point (when we had carpets) I had one of the Vax carpet
cleaners -
like a wet/dry cleaner with shampoo/water in the top.

Does that mean you have no carpets anywhere in the house?

Adam

There is one left. All others have been replaced with slate or other
forms of stone or hardwood. The remaining one will go shortly.


Interesting. I have only seen this done by a couple of people using cheap
laminate with poor underlay and the noise was unbearable when people
walked
about. Not to mention the bounce caused by a lack of gaps in the laminate
between rooms. I could happily live with proper hardwood, slate or stone
flooring everywhere apart from in the lounge.

Adam

Surely you've read my opinions on plastic^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlaminate flooring?
:-)

I ignore most posts on laminate flooring. I hate it.

There's a big difference in sound with a wooden floor. The other thing
is that we don't wear shoes indoors. They are taken off at the entrance
doors, dried if wet and stored. Indoors, I generally wear soft footwear
(which never goes outside) or just go barefooted.

The houses I mentioned are the sort where you wipe your boots on the way
out.

For the lounges there are rugs in particular places. These have the
advantage that they can be easily changed seasonally or when one is bored
with them and cleaned outside or taken to a professional cleaner.

I'll have to get a bigger lounge or a second one.

Cheers

Adam