Why Wool Carpet Is Safer

The Benefits Of Wool Carpet

The more expensive flooring option, but a carpet with 80% or more wool, is the more intelligent option. From the immediately obvious improvement in terms of look and feel of the carpet, to saving you money in the long run with durability and resilience, a wool carpet is the preferred choice of professionals. In comparison to more synthetic carpets, there is simply no comparison.

But it doesn't stop at the look and feel of the carpet, or indeed at the long-term money saving, there's safety benefits too. Whether thinking about younger children, or the elderly - or generally looking at safety in the house on a day to day basis, you might not realise it, but a wool carpet has significant benefits when it comes to being safe around the home.

If you're interested in having wool carpet in your home, you need to look around to make sure the carpet you're getting is genuine wool, and that the percentage of wool is above 80% in the carpet to ensure a high quality. Cheaper retailers might only stock mostly synthetic carpet, where the wool percentage is very low, so perhaps visit an independent flooring retailer, or try to buy carpet online instead.

Fire Safety

Wool is naturally fire retardant.

Firstly, and definitely most importantly, comes the fact that wool carpet is naturally fire retardant. This means when coming to fitting to carpet in, for example, the living room, where perhaps you might have an open fire going on cold or wintry nights, it's perfectly safe. No worries for if a spark fires off into the room and lands on the carpet, your wool is safe. In comparison, a synthetic fire when met with a spark could easily be set alight, which if you're not properly prepared, could spell disaster.

Therefore you've no problem with other similar fire problems either - perhaps you've got no electricity for a while and you resort to candles for lighting. If one ends up falling onto the floor, again no problem, the wool won't catch light. Same with cigarettes, or anything which with a synthetic floor, would catch fire.

General Safety 

Soft and forgiving

With a more synthetic and artificial flooring surface, it's more prone to being slipped upon, which with young children is a likely happening, while with the elderly it can be quite dangerous. The material can tend to be a more shiny surface, and can generally be a lot more solid too. While wool is soft under the foot, synthetic carpet tends to be tough and hard.

What this all means then, is that wool is the obvious choice to make in almost any environment. When it comes to dropping something on the floor, a glass for example would normally smash on a harder more synthetic carpet, while if falling on wool, the result is quite different. Instead, wool is fluffy and soft, cushioning the fall. While the glass might still break, it's significantly more likely to remain unharmed.

The same then goes for you and your family too. Rushing from one room to another might be a dangerous act with a mostly synthetic floor, while with a woolen carpet it's no problem at all. Wool has a high slip resistance, reducing the likelihood of slipping or dropping anything in the first place. Then what's more, because of the cushioning effect, injury is much less likely, as your fall becomes much softer.

For the elderly or in a house where children are about, wool carpet is the much better choice for safety then. Where items might be dropped, or where people might have a fall, the slip resistance and cushioning of wool is a great benefit.