Wooden floors are all the rage now but it is not only the fashionable look which inspires people to choose wooden floors they have health benefits too. Carpets however hard and frequently you cleaned them would always hold dirt in them. Have you ever tried to clean your carpet using an industrial cleaner the dirt removed after only one month would shock you? So if you have young babies crawling across the floor you should consider wooden floors as a better option if not a cleaner option.
Some people will argue that a wooden floor is just like a solid floor and is cold under foot and hard if something is dropped onto it. This is not true a wooden floor can be warm under foot especially if you have installed underflow heating but even if you have not you will find that wood is much warmer than ceramic tiles or marble and should you drop something it will not shatter as is the case with both ceramic and marble.
Wooden floors are easy to keep clean they are all types of polishers and cleaning products designed to keeps your wooden floor looking the best it can. You should expect your wooden floor to last you upwards of ten years carpets if continually cleaned on a monthly basis are unlikely to look good after a few years at best.
The advantage to wooden floors is that you can always re-sand them if need be you can do this yourself buy hiring floor sanders or get a professional floor sander to do the job for you. If done correctly you would expect to sand a wooden floor maybe every 15 years or so depending on the amount of traffic the floor receives.
When you are considering a wooden floor check out the prices of flooring supplies compared with carpets and laminates you will find that in the long run you will be saving money by opting for a quality wood floor.