We are thinking of replacing the carpet with hardboard flooring the carpet isnt badly worm infact its map in most places is like new .
hardwood floors would make the home healthier and give it* upgraded *look .
The contracter says he will haul the carpet away to the country dump for me but im thinking is there a recycle company or programe out there that will save a bulky *usable * carpet being dumped and hopefully after time broken down by the elements .
Any body had any experiance in these matters ?
I did hear that there are folks who will take your used carpet drive down and sell it d in mexico to some poor citizen to cover there dirt floor .i
Just don't do laminate it was the scurge of the 1990s, do proper hard wood flooring.
Laminate is better if you have kids or dogs.
Good luck with finding a program John. I'll google around, but I haven't heard anything.
Dont have kids or dogs going for the real thing, to much of a investment to have it spoil in a few years .
did find something about a recylce programe think they charge you for it thou and then reep a profit by re selling the item ...
http//www.texascarpetrecycling.com/
Tried Salvation Army or donating it to a Goodwill store?
How about waiting until you've worn your carpet out before thinking of replacing the flooring? That's the greenest thing to do.
No?
Only trying to help. ;)
How about waiting until you've worn your carpet out before thinking of replacing the flooring? That's the greenest thing to do.
No?
Only trying to help. ;)
We are upgrading not replacing .
do you wait until your car dies on the road until you get a new one ???
Tried Salvation Army or donating it to a Goodwill store?
dont know it they take carpeting they are welcome if they do .
sooner give it away then take it to the council land fill
Goodwill and places like that seem to be pretty choosy as to what they'll take.
Somehow, I doubt they'd take an old carpet.
We are upgrading not replacing .
It's still replacing. You are replacing the current carpet with wood.
Diane is right, the greenest thing to do it not replace it until it's necessary. This may not answer the question you asked, but it's a fair point. :)
I think your best bet is to approach local churches, schools, shelters and hostels and see if any of them can use it. Looking at the link you provided, that seems to be the only viable option for domestic carpet -there currently isn't the technology to convert it into new products. Keep us updated on what you manage to do with it. You never know when someone else wanting to recycle carpet will happen across this thread and be helped!
Put it down in your garage and have a party!!!
Debs x )
How about waiting until you've worn your carpet out before thinking of replacing the flooring? That's the greenest thing to do.
No?
Only trying to help. ;)
We are upgrading not replacing .
do you wait until your car dies on the road until you get a new one ???
Actually I did in the UK because I had no bloody money. It was a mini metro and it died. I was told it was toast and got a hundred quid for it to be scrapped.
I wasn't really trying to sound judgemental or anything. Just if you think about it, it's only once you are pretty affluent that you can afford to do things like this and then worry about being green.
However, I understand what you're doing and why you're doing it.
I wasn't really trying to sound judgemental or anything. Just if you think about it, it's only once you are pretty affluent that you can afford to do things like this and then worry about being green.
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Not very afflient at all just a family that has limited income but has its priorities right .
we dont have any kids at home , dont go out much , spend on useless consumer junk , ,dont smoke or buy lots of expensive clothing that sits in the closet .
but budget so our limited resourses takes care of our everyday living bills > example , morgage ,food . untilities , etc and whats over mostly goes on improving our home and a vacation.
everyone on a moderate income can live right if they prioities their spending .
in fact we live better then some folks we know who have a yearly family income in the 100 THOUSANDS thats more than we have. its a matter of whats in your mind .......
John, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to berate you at all.
I'm just trying to have you imagine if you didn't have the money at all to do this, you wouldn't be worrying about the greener way to dispose of your carpet.
And for the first eight years of my life here, I'd never have had the money. I really think what is wrong with the whole "I want to be green" movement is people that are asking the same questions that you are now. But in former generations they didn't have to ask the same questions because they didn't have the money to.
And imagine that there an awful lot of you, and that adds to global warming.
What's very funny is that I have great full wooden floorboards under my carpet - because I bought a house built in 1965. So fashion has come full circle. I'm just keeping the carpets right now because I don't feel like the upheaval of getting the carpets taken out and the floors restripped and redone.