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How to stop Rugs from moving
Tips on how to stop your Mats or Rugs from moving around Floor Rugs and Mats are used for various reasons, weather it be for comfort, aesthetics or for the wiping of feet, they almost always have a tendency to move around.
The size and weight play a huge role in that the heavier and larger the rug the less chance of movement.
So the two types of floors that mats or rugs are placed on are either carpet or hard surfaces, both present different problems.
Carpets:
Mats placed onto carpets is the most difficult problem in preventing movement, the reason for this is that all carpets a have a pile.
This means that the top surface of the carpet is above the base of the hard floor, this area has air voids and when walked on it will always compress down.
Now carpet pile will always move in one direction when compressed, so when a rug or mat is placed on top and is walked on, the pile of the carpet moves sideways in one direction making the rug move with it.
The taller the pile the more chance of movement, but if the pile is very dense the sideways movement is reduced.
So it depends on which type of carpet used before determining the amount of control needed.
Hard Floors:
Hard floors are the easiest to control, gloss tiles are the slipperiest followed by wood and non gloss tiles and then vinyl.
One of the problems with hard floors is that people like rugs that have a smooth backing to prevent scratching, and if its thin or light it will slip very easily.
Movement of mats and rugs is a huge problem especially for safety, for this reason alone some manufacturers make some mats or rugs with a rubber backing already built in.
This can be a problem in itself as some types of rubber can harden and deteriorate if they are maintained incorrectly, eg. washed in hot water or dried in the sun, and generally they are only thin and cheap types available.
Solution for Carpet:
There are a few different types of products available on the market but we stock and recommend one particular type.
After many years of feedback from our customers the self adhesive Ruglock foam seems to be the best way to go.
Rug lock is made with a special dry adhesive that will adhere to any surface and is to be placed on the under side of your mat or rug.
As it's only available in 60cm wide, how much to use is dependent on the situation, eg. type of carpet or how big the rug is or the amount of foot traffic in the area.
Ideally the whole area of the rug should be covered with ruglock to minimize movement.
Other advantages is that this product can also be used on hard floors and when its life effectiveness runs out it can be switched out easily.
Ruglock $13 per m can be cut to desired lenght. Solution for Hard floors:
As mentioned above the ruglock works very well on hard floors, but there are other products made from rubber and are less expensive.
Anti slip matting is only suitable for hard floors and is not self adhesive, it is dimpled and open to allow air to circulate to prevent moisture trapping.
The non slip matting is placed under the rug, ideally the more the better and if you find that the rug moves off the matting then you can spot glue it to the back of the rug.
Another product is an aerosol spray on rubber that is applied to the back of any type of mat, this eliminates the need for extra material underneath.
The only disadvantage of this compared to the others is that it doesn't have any bulk, meaning that it isn't constantly in contact with the floor, especially if its only a thin light rug or mat.
The spray on rubber I use myself on our wood floors at home and I think it's brilliant, the only drawback is that after the initial application and the first couple weeks use, a smear of rubber residue is left on the floor, clean it off once and that should be it. Anti skid rug Spray cans $19.95 typically covers 4 m2 Conclusion:
I myself have used all these products on varying types of surfaces and they all perform extremely well, but as with everything sometimes a 100% fix is not attainable. The best bet is to ask for advice for a solution for your particular problem.
Neville Barnes
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