Solid wood flooring, depending the area you are in will start around $3 a square foot. If you include installation, double that. For a high quality wood, budget something more like $5 a square ft.
Carpets absorb sound to a much greater degree than wooden floors, which reflect and resonate with sound.
Because the carpet is an insulator while the floor kind of isn't. A carpet traps the air particles much better than the floor. So it's that.
It depends on where in the world you are buying the carpet.
$384
$360 installed, $280 uninstalled (both of these with pad)
You would need 20 square yards of carpet which is 180 square feet.
Niether; It's surface area.
Carpet install on CONCRETECarpet in a basement assumes that it is a concrete sub floor..Either glue it down.. Very easy!!!!! go to the Depot & buy a trowel & some carpet adhesiveOrTackstrip & pad then stretch the carpet just like anywhere else.. Seams are tricky & setting the tack strip on the concrete is about as much fun as a root canal.. Think about letting a pro install carpet on a concrete floor...Look on youtube there are some good free how to install videos out there
1177 square feet translates to 131 yards of carpet if there are no matches to be concerned with. 130.7778 sq yards or 109.3469 sq metres
Floor machines have a variety of options that allow one to deep clean their floor or carpet quicker and more effectively than traditional machines. These floor machines typically cost anywhere between $1500-$3000.
It depends on what carpet or tile you're using. However as a teacher, my experience is, as far as efficiency and maintenance, tile is a much better option. It's much easier to keep clean and more sanitary.
You should immediately try to mop up, or remove as much, if not all, of the water as you can. Leaving the water on the wood floor will cause it to warp out of shape.