Hello everyone,
I am planning to install carpet flooring in my daughter's bedroom... Is that a good idea, or should I maybe reconsider?
I am planning to install carpet flooring in my daughter's bedroom... Is that a good idea, or should I maybe reconsider?
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Maier GmbH21 Oct 2008 11:29Yes, that's true... you are right. Something else I just thought of: tastes change quickly, and even more so with children and teenagers. A carpet can be replaced more easily and quickly. I would also say that this is more practical.
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zimmerone21 Oct 2008 12:24In my opinion, a carpet can be more comfortable for a child because it is simply much cozier than sitting on hardwood flooring. However, I would also advise against it due to identified allergies.
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Unregistriert14 Jan 2010 13:28Carpet Flooring + Allergies => THE BEST OPTION AVAILABLE!!!
Hello.
I work for one of the most well-known carpet manufacturers in Germany, and I feel the need to respond to some of the statements I’ve seen here:
Even though the topic of fine dust pollution is gradually disappearing from consumers’ minds due to reduced media coverage, it should be clear to everyone that the actual problem has not gone away.
It should also be understood that excessive fine dust pollution poses a health risk not only on our streets and in nature but also in our workplaces and private living spaces.
Specifically for the private sector, the German Allergy and Asthma Association (DAAB) commissioned a study. For this study, the DAAB, together with the Society for Environmental and Indoor Air Analysis, measured dust concentration in more than 100 houses and apartments in northern Germany and Westphalia, specifically bedrooms, living rooms, and children's rooms.
The results of this study are therefore representative for indoor spaces of any kind. They confirm what we as textile floor manufacturers and experts have been promoting as an argument for our products for many years.
Carpet flooring is good for indoor air!
The air is cleaner with carpet flooring because a covering with a soft, open surface acts as a dust binder to a special extent, contributing significantly to air purification and thus to improving the quality of life and living environment.
With the use of hard flooring, the risk of increased fine dust pollution indoors is noticeably higher, while the use of carpet flooring minimizes this risk. The results were presented to the public at the German Allergy and Asthma Day on Saturday, June 18, 2005, in Düsseldorf:
- In the discussion about health hazards caused by fine dust pollution in city centers, the German Allergy and Asthma Association (DAAB) believes that the issue of indoor pollution is massively underestimated. At the German Allergy and Asthma Day, Andreas Winkens from the Society for Environmental and Indoor Air Analysis (GUI) said this was all the more incomprehensible as people spend more than 90 percent of their lifetime indoors.
- The average fine dust concentration in indoor spaces with hard flooring is twice as high as in rooms with carpet flooring and exceeds the limit value. The arithmetic mean of fine dust concentration in rooms with hard floors was 62.9 µg/m³, significantly above the limit of 50 µg/m³. In households with carpet flooring, the average was 30.4 µg/m³, well below the limit.
- According to Andrea Wallrafen, managing director of the DAAB, fine dust is especially a major problem for allergy sufferers. Regardless of the type of dust inhaled, the particles themselves are irritating due to their mechanical effect when they enter the airways, the expert explained. This effect is even stronger in people with pre-existing bronchial conditions. Additionally, other harmful substances such as allergens can attach to these particles, reaching deep into the lungs and triggering relevant reactions.
Conclusion:
People who install carpet flooring in their home or apartment are protected from excessive fine dust in the air. The carpet traps the microscopic particles and removes them from the breathing air.
The DAAB especially advises people with respiratory diseases to use carpet rather than hard flooring.
In terms of air hygiene, choosing carpet as a flooring option is no longer just a logical choice for house dust allergy sufferers...
Hello.
I work for one of the most well-known carpet manufacturers in Germany, and I feel the need to respond to some of the statements I’ve seen here:
Even though the topic of fine dust pollution is gradually disappearing from consumers’ minds due to reduced media coverage, it should be clear to everyone that the actual problem has not gone away.
It should also be understood that excessive fine dust pollution poses a health risk not only on our streets and in nature but also in our workplaces and private living spaces.
Specifically for the private sector, the German Allergy and Asthma Association (DAAB) commissioned a study. For this study, the DAAB, together with the Society for Environmental and Indoor Air Analysis, measured dust concentration in more than 100 houses and apartments in northern Germany and Westphalia, specifically bedrooms, living rooms, and children's rooms.
The results of this study are therefore representative for indoor spaces of any kind. They confirm what we as textile floor manufacturers and experts have been promoting as an argument for our products for many years.
Carpet flooring is good for indoor air!
The air is cleaner with carpet flooring because a covering with a soft, open surface acts as a dust binder to a special extent, contributing significantly to air purification and thus to improving the quality of life and living environment.
With the use of hard flooring, the risk of increased fine dust pollution indoors is noticeably higher, while the use of carpet flooring minimizes this risk. The results were presented to the public at the German Allergy and Asthma Day on Saturday, June 18, 2005, in Düsseldorf:
- In the discussion about health hazards caused by fine dust pollution in city centers, the German Allergy and Asthma Association (DAAB) believes that the issue of indoor pollution is massively underestimated. At the German Allergy and Asthma Day, Andreas Winkens from the Society for Environmental and Indoor Air Analysis (GUI) said this was all the more incomprehensible as people spend more than 90 percent of their lifetime indoors.
- The average fine dust concentration in indoor spaces with hard flooring is twice as high as in rooms with carpet flooring and exceeds the limit value. The arithmetic mean of fine dust concentration in rooms with hard floors was 62.9 µg/m³, significantly above the limit of 50 µg/m³. In households with carpet flooring, the average was 30.4 µg/m³, well below the limit.
- According to Andrea Wallrafen, managing director of the DAAB, fine dust is especially a major problem for allergy sufferers. Regardless of the type of dust inhaled, the particles themselves are irritating due to their mechanical effect when they enter the airways, the expert explained. This effect is even stronger in people with pre-existing bronchial conditions. Additionally, other harmful substances such as allergens can attach to these particles, reaching deep into the lungs and triggering relevant reactions.
Conclusion:
People who install carpet flooring in their home or apartment are protected from excessive fine dust in the air. The carpet traps the microscopic particles and removes them from the breathing air.
The DAAB especially advises people with respiratory diseases to use carpet rather than hard flooring.
In terms of air hygiene, choosing carpet as a flooring option is no longer just a logical choice for house dust allergy sufferers...