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my 10 yr old pad: has lumps / seperation problems. in double wide MH. can be felt thru the carpet. carpet is short napped / normal 4 new mh buy. considering replacing w/fake wood flooring. ? any cheap / easu solutions?????? ............BOB,..............

bob at January 26, 2008 11:09 AM

Posted by: bob at January 26, 2008 11:09 AM

It sounds as if your carpet and pad were cheap and probably installed badly. Thus the lumps and separations. If you want a cheap and easy fake wood solution, put interior grade plywood down, paint or stain it, seal it, and be done.

You'll have a cheap and easy solution that will fit informal spaces, but nothing that will look great in a formal situation. I used that technique in my yurt and love the results.

The Flooring Lady at January 26, 2008 12:35 PM

Posted by: The Flooring Lady at January 26, 2008 12:35 PM

wat is the density of the flooring?

jono at May 4, 2008 04:11 AM

Posted by: jono at May 4, 2008 04:11 AM

With three dogs, we have accidents, vomit, urine the worst. which pad, or no pad should be used? When I shampoo the rug the pad is what smells the worst. thanks

beth at May 16, 2008 09:40 PM

Posted by: beth at May 16, 2008 09:40 PM

With three dogs, we have accidents, vomit, urine the worst. which pad, or no pad should be used? When I shampoo the rug the pad is what smells the worst. thanks

beth at May 16, 2008 09:41 PM

Posted by: beth at May 16, 2008 09:41 PM

Hi Beth,

You probably don't need to replace your padding. Shampooing isn't going to remove the odor. Pet urine contains acids which causes the odor and the only way to remove the odor is to treat it with another acid, which is why I would recommend a vinegar/water solution. There are pet odor removers you can also buy, but vinegar is cheaper and fumes won't be a health concern. 1/4 cup vinegar to at least one quart of water will do it. You need to saturate the carpet to ensure that it'll get down to the pad. You can then either blot up the excess or use a shop vac to do a more thorough job of it.

HINT: If you don't know where all your dog has urinated, a black light will show you! Just be sure to do it in the dark!

The Flooring Lady at May 17, 2008 12:21 PM

Posted by: The Flooring Lady at May 17, 2008 12:21 PM

I don't know what they are trying to sell you here with the rubber padding but don't go for it. Pick anything but the rubber. When the padding goes bad it is a nightmare to remove. It degrades in 3 stages:

1)This stage isn't so bad it come up just by pulling then you have to scrub up the stickyness left over with hot water.

2)This stage is almost like chewing gum. It's a paste that you have to scrape off of the floor then clean with some good elbow grease and hot water.

3)Now this is the worse by this stage the rubber has become as hard as a rock and is now securly attached to the floor below. I haven't quite figured out how to remove this level yet.

As you can figure the diffrent stages very from area to area in the room based on traffic flow and heat sources. If you don't belive me for any reason just google "removing old rubber carpet padding" and you will see the many people that have delt with nightmare of trying to remove this stuff.

at June 2, 2008 12:09 AM

Posted by: Anonymous at June 2, 2008 12:09 AM

FYI: We aren't selling anything, but we do try to educate others as to their options and help with problems. We always value considered, rationally presented opinions, even differing ones.

If you had taken the time to look over the site content here, you'd see that there are several types of floor padding which have pages, articles and comments. Each type of floor padding has their own pros & cons - just as any product does. We try to cover every flooring type and help others with their flooring questions/needs.

The Flooring Lady at June 2, 2008 10:50 AM

Posted by: The Flooring Lady at June 2, 2008 10:50 AM

Hi there. I'm creating a play room for my kids and am thinking of getting some sort of fun area rug for the room. Most of this rugs are thin though. Because I want this to be a comfortable place in which to play on the floor, I'm thinking of putting carpet padding under an area rug. Does this makes sense? Is carpet padding just for carpets, or can I buys some to go under an area rug?

TC at June 23, 2008 01:51 PM

Posted by: TC at June 23, 2008 01:51 PM

Hi TC, If that's what you want to do then go for it! ;~) The only problem that I can see is that if you get padding that's rather thick then you might be setting yourself up for a fall - as in a tripping over the rug problem. Hopefully you can find a happy medium between what you want and what would be more practical.