Do rugs on hard floors help keep your home warm?  

I dont have a rug on my floor but I have tried to lay blankets all over to see if it makes any difference. I might just get a rug if I can find a cheap one. I will start looking in local want ads to see of anyone is selling oney they dont need any more and I can find out.

Thanks for your reply, and good luck on finding a rug for this winter.

Thank you. I am thinking or trying to make a rag rug. I know I have some extra material around and I might be able to make on for free.

I love hardwood floors. They have such a warm and welcoming feel. I might try to make a rag rug so I can match it to my decor. I hate it when my heater turns on right after it flips off and I feel like I building up a huge bill.

I am excited to get some rugs. I does make sense that it would help, but I didnt know for sure. I didnt want to spend the money on rugs and then have it not do any good. Id love to see my heat bill go down a little this year.

Out house has a basement and it definately stays cooler down there. We try to keep the door between the downstairs and upstairs closed when we are not using it. It all adds up.

We have the opposite problem our basement is usually warmer in winter than our upstairs. Too bad we can't afford the improvments we need desperatly to make our home more energy effecient.

I have never heard of that. I love our basement and I wish it was warmer but I am thankful we have a fairy efficent house.

I know part of it is due to there being some open vents down there that we can't close they are stuck, but you do need some air circulating down there anyways but still *sigh*

I think if I felt warm then I would be less likely to turn the thermostat up and then I would save some money. The heater just turned on and it is driving me nuts. It just sounds like money going away to me.

I recently enclosed a back porch,which, of course, was concrete. I them put ceramic tile over that. The room, which I designed as a sunroom, has 7 windows. Although the room is insulated top and sides, it is still hard to feel comfortable in here. There is no direct heat vent into the room, since it is over a concrete pad next to the basement.

I asked a contractor if there was any way to run another duct into the room, he said no. Even though the windows are new e-glass, the room is cold unless the sun is out. Then it gets comfortable.
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My next thought is to add carpet, not wall to wall but large enough area rugs to cover the floor, that I can take up again in summer. Before I spend that much money I want to know that it will be worth the difference. We are running an oil-filled radiator space heater and am worried about the electric bill. I think, if rugs really do help, it will need a thick pad. Will that stick to my tile and be hard to remove?

I did go out and get a small rug today. Actualy I got a great deal on it too. My Mom took me and the kids out for lunch and after she wanted to buy the kids a treat. Then she let me get a treat too and I picked a small rug. It worked out well for all of us. It is one less cold spot.

I hear ya! I wear flip slide sandals in the house in winter when the floors are cold and I"m too lazy to try to put on a slipper. One time I left the house for work in my sandals... OOPS ! *LOL*

I wish I could find that miracle that would cut my bill down noticable. But I will take what I can get.

If I feel warmer then I would be less likely to crank up the heat and so I guess in a round about way I would save a penny here and there. It all adds up.