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Wool or synthetic carpet?

6 years ago
Pros and cons, but ultimately which would you choose?
Synthetic
Wool
Featured Answer
  • 6 years ago

    Wool lasts and is a more luxurious feel underfoot.

    Comments (11)

    • 6 years ago
      probably a wool blend. depends on your lifestyle ? Are there children/pets involved. In any event red cordial is never gonna come out !
    • 6 years ago
      Ive never had a wool carpet but I've heard that wool carpets will go fuzzy and moult. Is that true??
      0
    • 6 years ago

      Simply none... ;-)

    • 6 years ago

      Natural materials all the way. Wool greener choice and longevity. Plus feels so much better underfoot.

    • 6 years ago
      last modified: 6 years ago

      "Ive never had a wool carpet but I've heard that wool carpets will go fuzzy and moult. Is that true??"

      I believe that depends more on the type of pile and on the quality than on the material it's made of. If wool carpet has such a reputation my guess is that's because of cheap wool berber style (loop pile) carpets which were very popular for a while.

    • 6 years ago

      wool wool and wool can pill for a while but much warmer and lasts so much longer .

    • 6 years ago


      I would always opt for wool carpet and here's why

    • 6 years ago

      Wool - not a blend. Warmer, lasts better, doesn't get static and better if a fire,

    • 6 years ago

      So true re wool being naturally fire resistant. We replaced with wool carpet the synthetic builder's range carpet in an earlier home after embers from the fireplace shot out onto it and burned it. In our current home we have a large wool area rug in living room, which has a wood burning fireplace, and embers have shot out of it and landed on the rug...and nothing happened.

    • PRO
      6 years ago

      The amount of people that contact us due to their sensitive skin, allergies or reactions to synthetic fibres is astounding. Please choose wool and natural fibres over synthetic. It's not worth it.

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