Designing your home with beautiful rugs throughout is the perfect way to customize your surroundings. Unfortunately, runners and area rugs tend to slip and slide throughout the house if not careful. Along with many other benefits, rugpad.com offers various options to help prevent slipping beneath your beautiful rugs!
What Is A Rug Pad?
A rug pad is a layer of material acting as a non-slip agent between the flooring and your rug. A rug pad can help to keep your area rug in place and protect your floors from damage. Area rugs that slip, slide and bunch up can result in a trip hazard and cause damage and/or abrasion to a flooring surface. Rugpad.com’s non-slip technology is available in a variety of styles, material types, and benefit options.
Whether you are looking for added cushion or low-profile, solid surface area coverage or open-weave breathable rug pads, rugpad.com has you covered!
What Rug Pad Do I Need?
Listed below, is a breakdown of the types of rug pads available as well as a guide to pairing for your most optimal floor type. Every rug pad is designed specifically for different needs within the home, whether you seek grip technology for hardwood surfaces, carpeting, and/or outdoor coverage.
Regardless of flooring type, please check your flooring manufacturer’s recommendation for which types of rug pads are compatible.
Felt with Natural/Synthetic Rubber Blend Backing Non-slip Rug Pads
Felt with natural/synthetic rubber blend backings are typically made with virgin or a post-industrial recycled blend of polyester, polypropylene, and nylon. They contain no plasticizer oils or adhesives. Felt/rubber rug pads are a premium choice for solid surface area coverage and density.
The solid surface area coverage also helps keep dust from migrating down through the area rug onto the floor. Excessive dirt/dust can cause abrasion on the floor finish. They are available in low-profile for area rugs that do not need extra cushion or premium cushioned for added comfort. Felt with rubber are also “dual-purpose” as they can be used over hard-surface or carpeted floors. These can be an ideal choice for use over polyurethane floor finishes.
- Premium Low Profile: Premium Low Profile is a premium solid surface area coverage - “dual purpose” rug pad. Offering floor defense under any type of area rug on both carpeted as well as hard-surface floors. Premium felt backed with a natural/synthetic rubber blend designed for maximum gripping power, Premium Low Profile is perfect for thicker area rugs that do not need extra cushion or for areas requiring a low profile to help avoid door threshold issues.
- Premium Deluxe Cushion: Premium Deluxe Cushioned is a premium cushioned solid surface area coverage - “dual purpose” rug pad. Offering floor defense under any type of area rug on both carpeted as well as hard-surface floors, Premium Deluxe Cushioned is CRI Green Certified felt backed with a natural/synthetic rubber blend designed for maximum gripping power.
Natural Rubber Non-slip Rug Pads
Natural Rubber non-slip rug pads are made with natural rubber from real rubber trees. Natural rubber’s highly effective non-slip properties are a renewable resource, contain no plasticizer oils or adhesives, and are an excellent alternative to conventional vinyl or synthetic rubber rug pads.
The open-weave construction allows for air flow and helps make vacuuming easier. They can be an ideal choice for use over polyurethane floor finishes.
- Super Grip Natural: This high quality cushioned non-slip rug pad is ideal for use over hard-surface floors. Made with high quality natural rubber coating and features superior grip strength to help keep rugs from sliding and slipping. The open-weave construction allows for air flow and makes vacuuming easier. Help protect your rug and your floors with a Super Grip Natural rug pad.
- Rug Grip Natural: This high quality low-profile non-slip rug pad is ideal for use over hard-surface floors. Made with high quality natural rubber coating and features superior grip strength to help keep rugs from sliding and slipping on hard surfaces. The tight, yet open weave construction allows for air flow and makes vacuuming easier. Help protect your rug and your floors with the Rug Grip Natural rug pad.
- Ultra Natural: This premium non-slip rug pad is ideal for use over hard-surface floors. Made with high quality natural rubber coating. Will help to protect your rug and floors with the Ultra Natural rug pad.
PVC (vinyl) Non-slip Rug Pads
PVC non-slip rug pads are an economical and highly effective solution to help keep area rugs in place and are the most commonly available. The open-weave construction allows for air flow and helps make vacuuming easier.
PVC non-slip rug pads contain no adhesives, but they may not be suitable for lacquered, acrylic or porous surfaces. Porous surface examples include, but are not limited to, concrete, marble, flagstone, Saltillo (clay) tile, and unfinished wood.
- Super Grip: Super Grip is a popular solution for keeping area rugs in place and provides extra cushion on hard surface floors. Made with high quality PVC coating. The open weave allows for air flow and makes vacuuming easier. Fast and easy to install, every step is softer with Super Grip.
- Rug Grip: Rug Grip is a great solution for helping to keep area rugs in place on hard surface floors without breaking the bank. Made with high quality PVC coating. The tight open weave construction still allows for air flow and makes vacuuming easier. You won’t even feel it under your feet as you walk across your area rug and finally open and close doors without having to worry about dangerous and frustrating bunching or sliding anymore.
- Outdoor: The Outdoor rug pad is the most optimal choice for rug pads on an outdoor surface. Designed with extra cushion, the Outdoor rug pad helps to alleviate bunching and/or slipping and sliding on your patio, deck or tile underneath your outdoor area rug.
Made with superior quality polyester fabric, coated with a high grade vinyl compound specially formulated for the outdoor environment, this rug pad also is designed with an open weave construction for the most effective air flow. The Outdoor rug pad can be easily cleaned by hand washing with a mild detergent and air drying and laying flat to dry.
- Ultra: Ultra is the most affordable solution for keeping area rugs in place on hard surface floors. Made with high quality PVC coating. You won’t even feel it under your feet as you walk across your area rug and finally open and close doors without having to worry about dangerous and frustrating bunching or sliding anymore. Perfectly low profile, it’s designed to secure thicker area rugs that don’t need extra cushion.
Additionally, rugpad.com offers the Rug On Carpet rug pad. The Rug on Carpet rug pad is made with a permanent, self-contained dry adhesive that helps lock rugs in place on top of carpet while lying flat.
The dry adhesive will not transfer any residue to the rug or carpet when removed. This specific, super grip rug pad is not only designed for high traffic areas on your carpet, but is durable, strong, and helps keep rugs in place to prevent bunching and shifting, while assisting in the prevention of slips and falls.
Additional Benefits.
There are additional benefits beyond the grip technology to having a rug pad! Enjoy all of our rug pad features and invest in your home now.
Comfort
One of the best reasons to buy a rug pad is to add comfort and softness to a rug, letting you get even more enjoyment out of it. Felt rug pads are considered the best at providing both a cushioned feel, while still offering great gripping power. Even a thin rug pad helps make rugs more comfortable by helping to eliminate bumps and lumps when walking or sitting on area rugs.
Longevity
Rug pads help lengthen a rug’s lifespan by protecting delicate fibers from direct contact with the floor, and helping to shield it from trapped dust on your floor surface. A great example like the Premium Deluxe Cushioned is an extra layer of support between floors and heavy furniture. The deluxe provides cushioning from the weight of your furnishings on your flooring surface.
Noise Reduction
Area rugs make a huge difference in the reduction of sound traveling from room to room. Rug pads, (specifically denser felt ones) like our Premium Deluxe Cushion are an additional layer to absorb the sound of stomping feet or a thumping bassline. Apartment dwellers are big proponents of the benefits of adding rug pads to minimize noise.
Whether you seek to help improve the safety of your home, quality of life, or both! Choosing a new rug pad will not disappoint. Visit our website today.
Our phone lines are open: (615) 712-8774 - We are happy to help and answer any of your questions in order to guide you to the best rug pad for your hardwood floors.
Additionally, all products by Rugpads.com are proudly manufactured in the United States of America. We guarantee that our products will remain functional and stable for a full 10-year period with proper use and cleaning maintenance.
Regardless of flooring type, please check your flooring manufacturer’s recommendation for which types of rug pads are compatible.
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