How Important is Your Carpet Padding

Padding is important, you might be thinking that your carpet is more important than your padding but actually your padding is more important than your carpet. Carpet is beautiful and can add the needed look to your home. However, the comfort comes not from the carpet itself but the padding. Additionally, your carpet will only last as long as your padding does. If you need carpet or padding repair done then call the professionals today! Nip Tuck Carpet Repair is able to handle any carpet repair needs! We will let you know exactly why that is the case and just the type of padding you’ll want to get underneath your carpet.

The thickness of your padding is important because if your padding isn’t the correct thickness it can cause the backing of your carpet to break and deteriorate at an exponential rate. That doesn’t mean to go out and get the thickest padding you can. Each carpet will have a preferred padding thickness depending on the type of pile it is. Most salesmen know the type of padding you’ll need but not all of them. If they are new to the job and haven’t had proper training, then you’ll need to specifically ask about it.

Height isn’t nearly as important as the weight of your pad. There are different types of padding that will also give you a different type of weight. This is where your durability comes in. You’ll want to make sure that no matter what type of padding you get that you get the correct weight if you want your carpet to last you more than 10 years. This is what most people want when they are thinking of buying carpet. They typically don’t think that they will get just get new carpet in a couple of years. Carpet is an expensive venture. Pads are either weighed in ounces or pounds depending on the type of padding and what its being weighed in you’ll want to make sure that to do the research of what will last more than 10 years.

There are pros and cons to every type of padding that there is. Its all about picking the one that best suits the type of carpet that you’re getting and how long you want the pad to last. Also, we all know that feeling is a big factor. Weigh the pros and cons with what you want out of the life of your carpet and measure that with the feeling beneath your feet.

Typically, your carpet will only last as long as your padding does. If your padding is starting to go down hill but your carpet is still in good shape, then don’t wait any longer and buy new carpet padding. What most people don’t know is that you can change the padding on your carpet while keeping the same carpet. You simply just have to pull up your carpet, remove the current padding and put down the new padding. Then you just put the carpet back down. Reattaching the carpet is more complicated than just putting it back down though. Nip Tuck Carpet Repair can do the job though! Call us today if you’re not ready to get new carpet but need some repairs done or if you’re wanting to change your carpet padding!

By Nip Tuck Carpet Repair 4-18-2018