laying a rug down on top of a carpet?

Langlest · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:01

my grandparents recently bought a massive rug to put in the living room, the problem is that it keeps getting bumps making it easy to trip on, i can see its a accident waiting to happen so i want some way to fasten it in place without damaging the carpet underneath

i tried those sticky double sided patches but it didnt seem to last 5 mins as i think they are made to hold a rug on a wooden floor

all i can seem to find are these

has anyone had any experience with them or know of a alternative? :confused:

ThriceNightly · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:06

ouch those look a bit hardcre :eek:

i would use anti slip rug underlay instead

http://www.rugsdirect.co.uk/osb/showitem.cfm/category/Our-Rug-Underlay_4

LordSplodge · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:08

I put a rug on top of the carpet. So far nobody has had an acident. Should I worry?

Langlest · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:09

thanks for the reply mate but in that link the one for carpets is what i tried before

LordSplodge said:
I put a rug on top of the carpet. So far nobody has had an acident. Should I worry?

not really

im just worried because of their age, a fall to them is a lot worse and they tend to trip on the smallest of things

Dark_Angel · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:14

Thrice you might want to remove your hotlink there dude, in case a moderator does it for you.

ThriceNightly · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:18

Dark_Angel said:
Thrice you might want to remove your hotlink there dude, in case a moderator does it for you.

ta !

LordSplodge · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:20

Langlest said:
not really im just worried because of their age, a fall to them is a lot worse and they tend to trip on the smallest of things

Old people and young people, always falling over. Young people bounce though.

Doublesided carpet tape should hold it. It does ours!

Langlest · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:28

ill give it another try

maybe the kind i got before was cheap or something

thanks for the replies, ill give those spikes a go too as they are only around a tenner

Guest2 · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:28

They look like some form of kinky attire! Strap them to a bat and your laughing

"andy" · 14 Oct 2009 at 17:30

how do bumps form ? dont think our rug has ever had bumps or been tripoverable

RobH · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:25

I've used something called GripNet Tape to stick a rug to carpet before. It's really sticky, much better than double sided tape.

BigglesPiP · 14 Oct 2009 at 18:36

105 spikes!!!!

It must take forever to injection mould those, that's the bargain of the century, but it right now!!!

OT: It'll probably work.

malfunkshun · 14 Oct 2009 at 19:57

it'll also increase the height of the rug which makes a trip more likely.

Mr Jones · 14 Oct 2009 at 20:02

malfunkshun said:
it'll also increase the height of the rug which makes a trip more likely.

My part time job is Elderly Day Carer and trust me when I say, you're more likely to have your grandparents trip over the rug when the edges crease up or lift off than actually slipping over because of the slip of 2 materials.

Most of the elderly who have a fall are caused by such trips as they like to have rugs in their living room / door entrances. Not heard of sliding rugs over carpets (or even the more likely event of rug over bare wooden floor)

Fuzz · 14 Oct 2009 at 20:19

Throw away the rug and use the carpet as it is intended!

Langlest · 14 Oct 2009 at 23:03

lol i wish they would throw it away

its not the slipping of the rug im worried about, its the edges as Mr Jones mentioned, the problem is that the rug is so big that one of the armchairs has to go on the top of it, i think this is causing the movement and making the edges lift

P_A_N_I_C · 14 Oct 2009 at 23:26

hammer 106 nails through it to be sure

Mr Jones · 14 Oct 2009 at 23:47

Langlest said:
lol i wish they would throw it away its not the slipping of the rug im worried about, its the edges as Mr Jones mentioned, the problem is that the rug is so big that one of the armchairs has to go on the top of it, i think this is causing the movement and making the edges lift

Bring them to the local geriatric ward, 8/10 beds are filled with elderly with broken hips, knee, arm or knocked on face/head due to fall. Of which, I'd confidently say are tripped over home furnishing. Best to convince them to be practical and perhaps have this rug passed on to a relative or something

BTW, after working with elderlies for over 4 years part time, it's morbid to say this, but most elderlies goes from fit, healthy and strong to weak/frail and quickly deteriorates before dying of secondary causes. It all starts from 1 bad fall.

But of course I'm not trying to ask you to bubble wrap them golden oldie... just little things like that can save a lot of problems further down the line.