I am glad it is not carpet
@GardenGerty (160978)
United States
April 14, 2019 8:46pm CST
Seeing how dirty my tile kitchen floor gets, I certainly am glad it is not carpeted.
With tile you know you can get it clean. A little soap and water, or vinegar. If you really need to sanitize there is always bleach or peroxide. A kitchen carpet, all you can do is vacuum.
That really would not work for me. I have lived places with kitchen carpet.
I am glad to have my tile.
Can you guess that I just mopped?
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
We have some carpet here that is going to come up, as I would rather have wood and feel it is cleaner.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
Nope, cannot mop carpet. I would steam clean it occasionally. That stretches it though. I like my tile.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
@rebelann It might depend on what kind of carpet it is and what kind of subfloor is under it.
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@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Apr 19
I hate carpet all around but when I bought this mobile home it had carpet in it @GardenGerty I'm trying to find out if there's a way to remove it all, I'd rather have vinyl floors due to having so many pets.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
15 Apr 19
I have visited a few clients who had a carpet in their kitchen. I was surprised the first time I saw it. I am glad I don't have a carpet in my own kitchen.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
It is much cleaner to have a floor you can mop and clean.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
15 Apr 19
@GardenGerty Yes, that is much better. I have also seen a few bathrooms with carpets. I think that is a strange idea, but it exists in some places.
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@marguicha (223809)
• Chile
15 Apr 19
I could never have carpet in my kitchen. I don´t have carpet in my bathroom either.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
That is another place I do not want carpet.
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@marguicha (223809)
• Chile
15 Apr 19
@GardenGerty I like to mop both with a special product that has some bleach. You just add a drop to the water and you mop it.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
@marguicha Yes, it is so much cleaner.
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@wolfgirl569 (108231)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Apr 19
I dont like carpet in the kitchen or bathroom. When the carpet we do have gets worn out it is going to be replaced with something that can be mopped also.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
I prefer to be able to use a broom and then a mop. It just feels cleaner, and no heavy or big equipment. No electricity required.
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@wolfgirl569 (108231)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Apr 19
@GardenGerty For sweeping I now have a robot sweeper. It works pretty good on the non carpeted areas.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
I would not mind vinyl, either. It happens that the tile in this place is ceramic, big 12 inch squares. Hard on dropped glassware, though.
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@JudyEv (342179)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr 19
@GardenGerty Yes, very unforgiving on glass.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Apr 19
i know. i always liked not having carpet. but only thing is the floor does seem harder when you fall. 
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
Given a choice, I would prefer to fall on wood floor rather than tile as it is more resilient. Carpet just feels dirty to me.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
@bunnybon7 Wish we could afford to design our dream houses.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Apr 19
@GardenGerty yes that all makes sense. it's tile here 
both places we lived now and carpet in AZ which always felt dirty and likely carried many germs
both places we lived now and carpet in AZ which always felt dirty and likely carried many germs1 person likes this
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
15 Apr 19
I don't like carpeting anymore and am glad not to have any.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
There is some in our house but I want it all out.
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@Masihi (4413)
• Canada
15 Apr 19
I actually never heard of people having carpet in the kitchen. Maybe a kitchen rug, but truthfully, I would not even have a rug in my kitchen. Hubby's mum has 2 oval rugs in her kitchen, and the thought of cleaning them terrified me. I don't know she ever does it.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
Hubby and I are messy cooks. I love being able to just sweep and mop. Decorative rugs can be a slipping hazard. My brother has nice thick rubber mats for the back and legs.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
Oh, yes it is a big mistake, and some people think it is kind of "upscale" to do so. Not me.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
@simone10 The more you shampoo carpet the more dirt it attracts because of soap residue.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Apr 19
@GardenGerty I don't think so either. That carpet seemed like it was dirty all the time because they were always shampooing it.
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@RasmaSandra (80783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Apr 19
My little apartment has carpet everywhere except for the bathroom. I am a lazy vacuumer being alone but I do as much as I can. What I would have preferred was an apartment completely covered in linoleum so I could just wet mop it all. SIGH
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
I really dislike vacuuming so would enjoy wood and tile throughout.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
I always wonder who possibly thought that would be a good idea.
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@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Apr 19
@GardenGerty Probably a guy. Certainly not a woman.
@andriaperry (117146)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Apr 19
I have never lived anywhere with kitchen carpet. I would be ripping it up.
I once bought a place with carpet in the bathroom! that was filth, reeked of urine.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
I cannot imagine living with bathroom carpets. I like nice rugs that I can pick up and wash.
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
15 Apr 19
@GardenGerty
I am glad it is not carpet for your sake.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
It is just much cleaner this way.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
16 Apr 19
@GardenGerty
I understand. I have had hard time cleaning a carpet.
@allknowing (137822)
• India
16 Apr 19
A carpet in the kitchen is a wrong idea. That place is proned to get stuff on the floor that needs cleaning.
@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
16 Apr 19
You are exactly right, but some people do it anyway.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
No, I did not do a photo, I figured people would guess from my topic.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
16 Apr 19
@GardenGerty I should add to the above that only the part of the kitchen that was diningroom was carpeted. The sink and appliances were in the uncarpeted part.
@kasmakarim (1932)
• Indonesia
15 Apr 19
Carpets need more time to clean, unlike tiles that only need to be mopped.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 19
I sweep and mop, but the floor feels much cleaner if it is not a carpeted floor.
