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Carpets, Wood flooring
temperature and humidity extremes and fluxuations are the concerns. normally problems occur in carpet when it is installed in either very cold or hot temps and then either relaxes or contracts when climate control is either lost or applied. this is basically the same concept with wood floors, thus they should be acclimated accordingly prior to installation. i would suggest a bamboo floor for the tropics as it is very humidity resistant and also ecologically friendly 
ben
benMold, mold and more mold. You wonder why Doms are always sick. It is the mold. Hard to bleach the mold out of carpets. Composite floors or bamboo might be good for 3 to 5 years but the mold will get to them. Tile floors and area rugs IMHO are the best and healthiest way to go.
I'm a woodworker to trade and I can't imagine what the underside of your wood flooring or carpeting would look like inside a short period of time. To quote Jumbo I'm sure it would be
Then there's the termites should they ever find their way in..........
Mack.
I mean the tops of our kitchen cupboards start to show the beginning of mold after 6 months and there's all kinds of air circulating there. I have a spare leaf for my dining room table and I stored it in the clothes closet that has vented doors. After six months I could not believe to mold that had started to form on the face that was closest to the wall!
Then there's the termites should they ever find their way in..........
Mack.
Every thing comes with a positive and negative the only thing is whatever flooring you may pick it must adjust with the temperature and humidity conditions. If you need carpets than I recommend flooring santa rosa. For hardwood flooring san francisco hardwood floors would be a best option.
If wood floors and carpeting were a good idea then lots of people would have them
We were chatting yesterday and carpeting came up -I know of 1 location in this entire country that has carpeting.It is a call center and they have it for sound buffering but the entire room is climate controlled.
I have not seen wood floors here in any homes. None.
It is not just the climate - heat and humidity - and the bugs it is also the way they clean here. They throw water on all floors, buckets of it. Wood floors would be ruined quickly.
There is a reason why you find tile floors EVERYWHERE..........
Stick to what we know works well here.
We were chatting yesterday and carpeting came up -I know of 1 location in this entire country that has carpeting.It is a call center and they have it for sound buffering but the entire room is climate controlled.
I have not seen wood floors here in any homes. None.
It is not just the climate - heat and humidity - and the bugs it is also the way they clean here. They throw water on all floors, buckets of it. Wood floors would be ruined quickly.
There is a reason why you find tile floors EVERYWHERE..........
Stick to what we know works well here.
Then, you have not visited many homes here.
Much of the upper middle class used wood flooring in some areas of their villas or condo
I can tell you without exaggeration that at least 7 out of 10 villas I have visited have wood floors installed, both inside and outside.
To be succesfull you have to hire professional experts in the area.
PM and I'll put in contact with some. they are very expensive.
I also have been in a number of houses in the Jarabacoa region that have wood floors for their upper (second) floor.