Advise about rugs to reduce noise levels

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If you have allergies, I was told it is best to avoid all carpets.

There is nothing wrong with used carpets as long as they have been cleaned.

Two things you need to consider when buying carpets are what kind of flooring you have and do you have underfloor heating? If the back of the carpet is not antislip, you need to buy this also.

Some carpets cannot be cleaned, not even with water, so best to avoid these.

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It's not really a case of avoiding carpet to avoid allergies, but if your child has a specific allergy it could be to wool, dust mites, cleaning chemicals, chemicals in synthetics....

For removable, washable carpets I would go with cotton but it might be treated with preservatives when you first get it, it will pick up dirty marks quickly, need regular washing and not be very sound proof. Wool is great for durability, cleans pretty well but only with a carpet cleaning product or small amounts of warm soapy water for spot cleaning,and feels nice to touch usually. Per have real woolen carpets in our chilcare where i work, and occasionally we have a baby whose skin reacts to the wool for those babies, we don't put them on the woolen carpet, and we have alternative cotton mats.

Synthetics are pretty durable and may or may not stain depending on the specific carpet.

Personally, I don't think it really matters. Your budget and personal taste will matter. When the kids were little we purchased cheap mats and rugs because we knew they would get very dirty...and plan to upgrade as the kids get older. We do not have under floor heating and our flooring is mostly either high traffic commercial carpet in the central area, and wood laminate in the rooms, which is pretty water tolerant. With carpets you do have to watch out that spills are not left to soak through and wet the floor underneath...

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Hello Eveybody

Thanks for the advise and the moral boosting...

Actually I will be staying in this apartment (and in Switzerland) only until May 2014.

I respect everybodys personal lives and would not like t disturb my neighbour.

What concerned me more is that, if my baby is not allowed to crawl or do the activities she likes, then it may have a bad impact on her.

So am heading to IKEA soon.

By the way, the person who complained has 2 kids :-)

Thanks again and have a lovely Sunday!!!!

Regards

Amit

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I would look at it this way. Carpets will not only help with the noise but will help cushion a fall and are also softer to crawl on than a floor.

I hope once you have carpets your neighbour will thank you.

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Am I the only one that read this totally wrong!

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I've bought several very inexpensive rugs online from irugs.ch. wide range of stuff, good prices and free shipping.

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Nope, the only one to acknowledge that they actually got it.

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Birdwatching in Norfolk, I asked how to tell the difference between a shag and a cormorant. My husband got the funny looks

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I'm blonde so like stating the obvious ;-)

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Hi Anjela, could you please let me know where I can find these requirements? Your help is much appreciated.

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I found this but couldn't understand a word

It might be a place to start, if you can follow the articles. Good luck.

http://books.google.ch/books?id=DX9G...erland&f=false

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Coincidently I've just posted a reply on your other thread, but J.Marple has found the basic rules...

of course you can't understand a word of it J:M, it's official stuff and meant to be gobbledy-gook to confuse mere mortals like us!

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I know this is an old thread but I couldn't resist

4. Simply attach the rug to your toddler

Noise problem - Solved

Additional cleaning - Solved

... big win all round really.