by: John Murray
You've found the perfect carpet and you are thinking about keeping your cost down by using either the old carpet padding or non at all. Stop! You'll regret this decision very quickly. There are good reasons why you need to use carpet padding!
Using your old carpet padding isn't a wise decision either because it will have broken down with age, in fact when you lift the carpet you may find it is actually crumbling. Most times it will have little or no actual padding left to it.
The one you'll notice the most is the comfort when you walk on the carpet. Just by walking on the carpet you create a hundred pounds of pressure per square inch on the carpet.
The under lay or carpet padding will cushion and help to reduce the pressure on the carpet. The decrease in pressure will help make the carpet feel better, thicker and softer as well as more spring. Think of walking on carpet that has been attached to concrete and then walking on home carpeting. There's quite a difference in comfort!
The under lay combined with the carpet will also act as a sound buffer making the room quieter and also warmer by holding the heat much better.
The carpeting pad also help keep your carpets cleaner. The dirt that find its way into your carpet will work its way down to the fibers and act like sand paper on the floor and carpet and shorten its life. The higher the density of the under pad or padding the more you will extend the life of the carpet because it raises the carpet off the floor.
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