what is this idea to put carpet everywhere in the USA? even in condo in Florida they have thick carpet when in Thailand they prefer "hard" floor. Same for US airports.

Just speculating.

Carpets serve to reduce noise level.

On the other hand they are harder to keep clean and carry lot of dirt/bacteria.

Also I would think its harder to move a trolley on carpet floor.

My vote goes for hard floor.

Offtopic: I know people who would never live in a hotel room with carpet floor.

See above why.

Dust and humidity, plenty in Thailand, not so much in the state, carpet, dust and humidity

don't mix well....

Imagine carpets at Swampy after half a million Chinese tourists have been hawking on them....

Dust and humidity, plenty in Thailand, not so much in the state, carpet, dust and humidity

don't mix well....

Changi has carpets as does Don Muang airport....

Has to do with the relative costs of staff and their pay rates in the U.S. or Thailand.

In Thailand, a machine is more expensive and cleaning staff pay rates are lower.

In the U.S. cleaning staff pay rates are higher.

Therefore in the long run in the U.S. it is less expensive to have one machine and fewer people, in Thailand it is better to have more people to do the work than one relatively expensive machine.

It all comes down to costs and the relative costs of each method in the two different countries.

Carpets are more pleasant on the feet - duh!

Many suns ago they did have carpet at airports. The entire place smelled of mildew. Apparently they figured out that high humidity and carpets don't go well together.

Carpet cheaper and shorter life. Can grown mold in high humidity warm climates. Good sound dampener and easier on the feet.

I have carpets in my condo in Bangkok. I love them. I can walk round in comfort in my bare feet.

Quite easy to maintain with a carpet sweeper or vacuum cleaner. I have the professional carpet cleaners in every few years. The cost is offset by the money I save not having to replace broken watches/handphones/glasses and crockery that gets smashed when dropped onto a hard floor.

The carpets are about 15 years old and will last as much or much longer than that in future years.

Of course if ever my washing machine floods it could put an end to them.

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Humidity and air dust can be controlled by central air conditioning. But it is expensive to be operated at maximum eficiency.

Just look at the carpets at singapore airport..superb..

Maybe less people in the US urinate on the floor, puke up etc. When absolutely drunk thus hard floor easier to clean up

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Carpet fitter here. If anyone knows if it is possible to get work permit for this kind of work I would love to know

Harder to slip and fall on a carpeted floor. Every change in America these days is to reduce liability.

I have tibeatian/Nepalese carpets in my home an would never go back to a hard tile floor

Dust and humidity, plenty in Thailand, not so much in the state, carpet, dust and humidity

don't mix well....

Changi has carpets as does Don Muang airport....

. I know ,you stick to the Snot

Most carpet material in the US for commercial use is made with nylon fibers, cheaper than any other floor materials, easier to install, clean, fix, and remove, and most commercial spaces in the US have air conditioning.

In Thailand, and many tropical countries, mold is a big problem, and not only in organic fibers carpets.

hard tile floor is easier to clean. carpet need vacuumed and the time to pick up the vacuum and plug it i m already finished with a broom.

I have seen Thai hotel with carpet and their rooms stink.

The reason US terminals have carpet is so that Hollywood movie stars like Tom Hanks can sleep more comfortably when making movies like The Terminal and so the bad guys in movies like Die Hard can sneak up on the hero before being taken down in a very dramatic and climactic fashion.....

Edited October 13, 201510 yr by tailspin

I prefer carpet at airports. It changes the acoustics and makes it much quieter. Always liked Don Muang for this reason.

Perhaps they can afford carpets, because less of the budget got diverted into brown-envelopes, or was counted with stick-fingers ?