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Carpet

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This is the house my Moms bought in 1974. If she died here in 2023, she had never owned, nor lived in, any house for this length of time, and from her wedding day forward to 1974, she had lived in five homes over 26 years. On average, she lived in a house for just over five years. So she never really had a long term idea of "repair and replacement". Once I'd been established here for nine years, I began arranging to "catch up" on maintenance or replacement. I paid half of these expenses, for instance a new air-conditioner in 2009, new dishwasher and refrigerator, new furnace and water-heater.

Moms had put in the current wool (wall-to-wall) carpet probably before 1990. We shampoo it periodically. Some parts have been affected by sunlight -- with slight change of color or fading. But there are no threadbare spots, and no holes.

I'm just living here in my sunset years. I've replaced most of the windows with double-pane-argon-filled, and renewed kitchen and bathtub fixtures. I see no reason to replace the wool carpet.

If I feel flush enough to schedule a fish-and-duck soiree for the entire neighborhood, I might hope to have replaced half the carpet. But -- no fish-and-duck soiree.
 
OMG! A 60F floor? That you can't roll around on nude without getting the feeling that you shouldn't be nude? In any area of the average home, walking on bare tile will feel cold and that's not a reason to heat it unless it's a bathroom for a spoiled princess.

This is all a big nothing-burger. Install whatever flooring you want and be done with it already.

If the area needs heated, heat it - has absolutely nothing to do with the flooring choice. This is not some alien environment that needs rocket scientists to work out. Floored basements have existed nearly as long as basements have existed.

Just WOW!

#1stworldproblems

Yes, 1/2 can be carpeted or planked etc and then you can move objects to that side to do the rest. If not relying on an adhesive setting then it doesn't even need a 2nd trip with the associated 2nd visit extra charge. It's as if nobody has ever carpeted or floored anything that wasn't a new empty construction?
 
Tiles CAN be a decent option in some cases. In addition to borders, you can delineate 'rooms' or areas either by full color/pattern changes, or Les Nessman style walls.
 
Lost_in_the_HTTP said:
Tiles CAN be a decent option in some cases. In addition to borders, you can delineate 'rooms' or areas either by full color/pattern changes, or Les Nessman style walls.
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Another consideration is that the floor under carpet tile needs to be in excellent condition. Smooth, flat and clean. Details always matter.
 
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Well I went with carpet. Thanks for the input from posters here, except of course for the a-holes on this thread, you can all go kick rocks.
 
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