do your rugs curl at the corners too?
2007-06-27 11:50:28 · 5 answers · asked by Mercury 2010 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Some do, but they are the cheaper ones. The backing is weaker that the sewn edges on the good rugs.
2007-06-27 11:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by Klaatu verata nichto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have allergies, so I have to go with rugs. Personally, I find wall-to-wall carpet ugly and dated. It used to be that everyone covered their great wood floors with wall-to-wall; now the trend is to remove the old carpet and renovate the wood and expose the old floors. If you've ever removed old wall-to-wall, you'd see that the stuff is just filled with all kinds of crap (allergens) that would play havoc with anyone's sinuses, not just with those with allergies. And the backing or cushion is almost always worn to dust, and you're breathing that--it's impossible to thoroughly clean wall-to-wall carpeting.
And rugs can be changed around so that they don't get worn from being walked on, on the same spot. You can't do that with wall-to-wall, so there's always that worn area that receives all the foot traffic, while the area around the baseboards remains newer looking. And if you have a major spill or--horrors--if someone vomits on it, or a pet or a guest pees on wall-to-wall, it's a major thing to get out. Can you tell I don't like the stuff? So, save yourself a lot of headache and maintenance, and get a nice area rug, and have the fringe removed as I did with mine (the fringe always looks unkempt and can get caught in the vacuum cleaner), and in doing so, this must be restitched, which also happens to reinforce the area rug at that point, helping it resist curling. And you can get those velcro pieces to hold it to the floor if necessary. Periodically, if I have a curled part, I just fold it over, as though you might grip a hand weight, and that will usually do the trick, along with avoiding the edges of the rug when vacuuming. Hope this helps.
2007-06-27 19:08:38 · answer #2 · answered by steviewag 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just cut a piece of cardboard from an old box or whatever(triangle-shaped for the corners of the rug) and use double-sided heavy duty tape to adhere to the bottom side of the rug.
Just don't forget to add some "non-skid carpet backing so no one will slip!
2007-06-27 20:17:58 · answer #3 · answered by K G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah.. some. Maybe you can try a rug that doesn't have a thick boarder around it. Like a rug that has loose ends.. those don't tend to curl up.
2007-06-27 19:03:00 · answer #4 · answered by °¤teehee¤° 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they're all fine. did you wash yours? did it shrink? is that why your ends are curling? the only time i've seen curled edged rugs is when i go to a really old house, meaning the rugs are really old too. i think that happens when the threads shrink and start pulling the edges in or when they really get hard and brittle. maybe it's time to change your rugs? or get them professionally cleaned.
2007-06-27 18:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by Doodaybadooday 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋