I am tempted for looks and safety.
Carpet versus wood stairs.
Safety should always come first an as unbelievable as it may sound a carpet will not prevent you from slipping.
Do potential homebuyers prefer carpet vs.
Slipping sliding safety.
Carpet also won t last as long as hardwood and will need to be replaced frequently.
A staircase rug.
Carpeted stairs will obviously accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
What kind of flooring is at the top and the bottom of the stairs currently and what will be there.
Unfortunately it seems the carpet s just not very high quality.
You ll have to get out the vacuum and give carpeted stairs a good deep cleaning about once a week.
Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
Carpeting stairs may be a bit difficult and it may also take a lot of time as several.