What type of underlays should I buy for my rugs?
Jason Yeatts – “For rugs that are to be placed over wood floors we recommend our underlays composed of rubber and felt. These underlays will increase the longevity of your fine rug. Without these underlays your rug is severely squeezed by the daily, constant traffic flow over your hard floors. Waffle underlays do prevent rugs from sliding. However, these underlays are too thin to provide adequate protection from the squeezing effect mentioned above. The only time we recommend these underlays is when a customer wishes to place a rug by a door. Thus, the customer can open the door freely without it catching onto the wool pile. Foam underlays offer little protection for rug longevity and may not hold the rug in place. Sticky paper thin underlays that stick onto carpeting or wood floors offer no protection and can damage your wood floors or carpeting.
