The Suckiness (is that a word?) of Berber Carpeting

One of the things about the place we live now is that it’s wall-to-wall berber carpet. Except, you know, for the kitchen & bathroom. Of course. When we first moved into the place, it was nice & pretty & clean and plump & juicy and all that sh!t, right? Well not so anymore.

And it’s not just that it’s looking kind of dirty. It’s that no matter what, it just doesn’t look clean. The last place we inhabited had regular carpet of about the same shade off-white. But while it would look dated between weekly vacuum jobs, it always, always cleaned up nice. The berber, it sucks. Not only that, but it snags when you vacuum it.

And then The Girl researches the matter. The snagging is our fault, it seems. Apparently, Berber carpeting requires suction-only vacuuming? And yearly (at least) steam cleaning? Holly hell? Are you kidding me?

Someone please explain how you’re supposed to get a fibrous carpet clean with suction alone. Because I don’t think it’s possible. Especially not with dogs. Or cats. Or hell, even people. What a freaking joke this carpet is. So not only does it wear like sh!t, snag, and not clean up well, but actually trying to clean it like you would think to clean carpet ruins it. Sweet.

And c’mon, who’s going to move the furniture around yearly so they can steam it? Sheesh. More & more, it’s quite apparent to me that solid flooring is the way to go. Polished concrete, I’m all yours, baby.