Unlike with other types of flooring thicker doesn t necessarily mean better in the carpet padding world.
What does attached pad mean for carpeting.
Kanga is a brand name of a polyurethane foam cushion that is attached to a carpet.
In fact some carpet types do better with thinner padding.
The weight of carpet pad is directly associated to the pad s density.
Pad density is the 2 factor in pad durability 1 is the type of pad more on that later.
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Please refer back to your flooring manufacturer before proceeding.
Because attached pad carpeting comes in widths of 12 and 15 feet you can cover most floors seamlessly with a single piece of carpeting.
But if it s a plush i recommend looking for at least a 1 2 wide attached pad the thicker the better to help the carpet wear longer.
Take off the pre attached underlayment and install separate underneath floor.
Carpet pad weight explained.
As far as the pad thickness is the carpet a berber commercial grade looped not fuzzy.
For berber carpets the carpet and rug institute recommends a carpet padding no thicker than.
A thinner denser pad is recommended for those types of carpet.
The kanga line is made by textile rubber chemical company trcc based out of dalton georgia.
In addition to manufacturing carpet cushion the company manufactures a large number of other products including shoe insoles compounds for carpet and carpet tiles and floor covering adhesives.
Carpet pads should be thick enough to provide sufficient cushion but thicker does not always mean better.
Pad density aka pad weight.
So what does the weight or poundage associated with carpet padding really mean.
Install separate underlayment underneath pre attached underlayment.
In such cases securing the edges and middle sections to.
Doing either one of the mentioned above methods you will probably break the warranty of the flooring.
Choosing a carpet padding with the correct weight for you may seem overwhelming at first.