Hi. I'm putting in some new carpet underlay (a carpet fitter will fit the
actual carpet).

I've bought what I think is decent quality stuff (Tredaire Softwalk 9 mm
Luxury Carpet Underlay), but when I roll it out, it doesn't lay perfectly
flat. There are a few areas which are 'hills' 2 or 3 mm high, with a gap
underneath. I'm worried that this will stop the carpet laying flat. This
isn't a problem with the floor by the way, which is flat (large boards).

Can any one suggest the best approach to get rid of the hills? Extra
staples? Cuts to ease the 'hills'? Or is this normal and the carpet
flattens them?

Thanks for any suggestions in advance.

Steve

Steve wrote:
Hi. I'm putting in some new carpet underlay (a carpet fitter will
fit the actual carpet).

I've bought what I think is decent quality stuff (Tredaire Softwalk 9
mm Luxury Carpet Underlay), but when I roll it out, it doesn't lay
perfectly flat. There are a few areas which are 'hills' 2 or 3 mm
high, with a gap underneath. I'm worried that this will stop the
carpet laying flat. This isn't a problem with the floor by the way,
which is flat (large boards).
Can any one suggest the best approach to get rid of the hills? Extra
staples? Cuts to ease the 'hills'? Or is this normal and the carpet
flattens them?

Thanks for any suggestions in advance.

Steve

2 or 3 millimetres? - does it matter?

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Phil L" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:
Hi. I'm putting in some new carpet underlay (a carpet fitter will
perfectly flat. There are a few areas which are 'hills' 2 or 3 mm
high, with a gap underneath. I'm worried that this will stop the
cut
..
..

2 or 3 millimetres? - does it matter?

--
Phil L

Phil, it will matter if it stops the carpet laying flat by the same amount -
it would look cr*p.. I don't know if the weight and tension in the
stretched carpet will flatten the underlay. I've never done it before so I
don't know how critical it is to get the underlay to lay perfectly flat. I
don't want the appearance of the (quite expensive) carpet to be spoilt due
to bad preparation.

Steve

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"Phil L" wrote in message
om...
Steve wrote:
Hi. I'm putting in some new carpet underlay (a carpet fitter will
perfectly flat. There are a few areas which are 'hills' 2 or 3 mm
high, with a gap underneath. I'm worried that this will stop the
cut
.
.

2 or 3 millimetres? - does it matter?

--
Phil L

Phil, it will matter if it stops the carpet laying flat by the same
amount - it would look cr*p.. I don't know if the weight and tension in
the stretched carpet will flatten the underlay. I've never done it before
so I don't know how critical it is to get the underlay to lay perfectly
flat. I don't want the appearance of the (quite expensive) carpet to be
spoilt due to bad preparation.

Steve




I have a friend who fits carpets and he once told me 'If it's hard you have
to flatten it, if it's soft ignore it'. My carpets are lovely/

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"Phil L" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:
Hi. I'm putting in some new carpet underlay (a carpet fitter will
perfectly flat. There are a few areas which are 'hills' 2 or 3 mm
high, with a gap underneath. I'm worried that this will stop the
cut
.
.

2 or 3 millimetres? - does it matter?

--
Phil L

Phil, it will matter if it stops the carpet laying flat by the same
amount - it would look cr*p.. I don't know if the weight and tension in
the stretched carpet will flatten the underlay. I've never done it
before so I don't know how critical it is to get the underlay to lay
perfectly flat. I don't want the appearance of the (quite expensive)
carpet to be spoilt due to bad preparation.

Steve




I have a friend who fits carpets and he once told me 'If it's hard you
have to flatten it, if it's soft ignore it'. My carpets are lovely/

Thanks Mike - they're soft. Yipee!

"Steve" wrote in message
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Hi. I'm putting in some new carpet underlay (a carpet fitter will fit the
actual carpet).

I've bought what I think is decent quality stuff (Tredaire Softwalk 9 mm
Luxury Carpet Underlay), but when I roll it out, it doesn't lay perfectly
flat. There are a few areas which are 'hills' 2 or 3 mm high, with a gap
underneath. I'm worried that this will stop the carpet laying flat. This
isn't a problem with the floor by the way, which is flat (large boards).

Can any one suggest the best approach to get rid of the hills? Extra
staples? Cuts to ease the 'hills'? Or is this normal and the carpet
flattens them?

Thanks for any suggestions in advance.

Steve


Have a look he
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD_VuSTz4Yg

mark

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:32:49 -0000, "Steve"
wrote:

Hi. I'm putting in some new carpet underlay (a carpet fitter will fit the
actual carpet).

I've bought what I think is decent quality stuff (Tredaire Softwalk 9 mm
Luxury Carpet Underlay), but when I roll it out, it doesn't lay perfectly
flat. There are a few areas which are 'hills' 2 or 3 mm high, with a gap
underneath. I'm worried that this will stop the carpet laying flat. This
isn't a problem with the floor by the way, which is flat (large boards).

Can any one suggest the best approach to get rid of the hills? Extra
staples? Cuts to ease the 'hills'? Or is this normal and the carpet
flattens them?


It's a problem for the carpet fitter, but IME is pretty normal anyway.
Don't cut the underlay, and don't keep walking on it before the
carpet's fitted.

Our recent new carpet + underlay was like that when the fitting was
finished. The fitter said the slack areas would go away and they did.

Derek