# Flooring Ideas - Different Levels

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [September 12, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/flooring-ideas-different-levels/160273 "2010-09-12T18:31:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/flooring-ideas-different-levels/160273/21 "2010-09-15T08:54:30Z")

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> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> I must be older then I actually am then lol. :shrug:

Just your taste…

I grew up in a house with HW stairs, never had an issue. Perhaps some yoga will help the people that thunder up the stairs and have a poor sense of balance.

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**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/flooring-ideas-different-levels/160273/22 "2010-09-15T09:20:46Z")

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I’m in a similar dilemma with my stairs and hardwood floors. I’m going to just carpet mine though as refinishing the treads is not going to work; they’re too far gone.

As for slipping on hardwoods… Freshly cleaned/waxed/polished hardwoods plus clean socks = slide like a MOFO! Can be fun, but dangerous at the same time. I’ve taken a few hard falls due to this both as a kid and an adult. I remember sliding from one end of my grandparents house to the other down the hallway with hardwood floors.

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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/flooring-ideas-different-levels/160273/23 "2010-09-15T09:30:21Z")

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> [@jimmyfloyd](#):
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> My stairs are base, and my parents house (where I grew up) are bare. I only remember falling twice in the 25 years I lived there, and only once in my house. My dog however is not a fan of hardwood stairs as she took a trip down my parent’s stairs 3-4 times when she was young, and is just now getting to where she’ll do them again.
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> Don’t do the runner either. Especially not the one pictured.

My grandparents & parents had bare stairs and my sister always fell down them. I can honestly say I’ve never fallen down a flight of stairs. I would be afraid of a dog’s leg snapping in a fall though.

> [@walter](#):
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> Just your taste…
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> I grew up in a house with HW stairs, never had an issue. Perhaps some yoga will help the people that thunder up the stairs and have a poor sense of balance.

I do tend to like very traditional styles, I almost feel they are regal? IDK lol

Post some pictures when you get done!

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