Today on the Reno Blog: Padding the Carpets

that doesn't look like a durahold rug pad...is it really thin? a rug pad has to have nooks and crannies (for lack of a better description, i don't mind stealing from mr. thomas) so that the dirt falls into the crevices and doesn't stay near the carpet where it would be ground into the fibers.

Posted by: sba at September 29, 2005 11:06 AM

sorry brownstone-didn't mean to sound critical. just know how important it is to protect a carpet that you've invested a lot of money in. (i ruined one myself by using no pad!)

anony: the pad is used to elevate the the carpet (the pad has a texture sort of like an egg crate or a waffle), so that when dirt gets on the carpet, it passes through to the crevices of the pad. if you laid a carpet directly on the floor, the dirt would stay next to the fibers and grind into them every time you walked on it. the added benefits of a pad are to hold the carpet in place, and offer a measure of cushion. if you've spent a good deal of money on a carpet, it is a worthwhile investment imo.

Posted by: sba at September 29, 2005 1:36 PM