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Home: How-To Information: Carpet & Rugs: Carpet Padding

Selecting and Purchasing Carpet

Carpet Padding

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Cushion or padding is a critical flooring component. It's the foundation for your carpet, responsible for enhancing both comfort and durability.

Padding is constructed of several different materials, including sponge rubber, foam rubber, urethane foam, bonded urethane and felted combinations of hair and jute. Learn more about carpet cushion from your local dealer.

The right padding will: The Wrong Padding can:
  • Absorb the constant pressure of foot traffic

  • Keep the carpet from matting down and looking worn

  • Add insulation

  • Reduce noise
  • Cause wrinkling and buckling
     
  • Trigger the carpet to separate from the backing or pull apart at the seams
     
  • Break down the carpet
     
  • Invalidate the warranty

All STAINMASTER® warranties require that you select padding with appropriate thickness and density to handle the traffic on the carpet. In a bedroom, a thick, soft cushion works well, but in a family room with lots of coming and going, a thin cushion is better.

Make sure your dealer looks up the STAINMASTER® Warranty padding requirements for your carpet selection, so you can make the right padding choice.

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