Dining rooms usually have heavy furniture such dining room tables, so if you are carpeting it then it is important to use a dining room underlay which is firm and durable. Of the three different types of carpet underlay (sponge rubber, PU foam and crumb rubber), crumb rubber is the most hard wearing as it is made from recycled car tyres. This makes it sound too firm, but in fact that’s not the case - it is very springy.
Crumb rubber underlays include Treadmore and System Ten.
Next most durable are dense PU foam underlays, such as Contract 9, Dreamwalk, Softwalk and Cosywalk. They are almost as hard wearing as crumb rubber, but are more comfortable.
The least durable underlays are the sponge rubber underlays, so it is sensible to only use the thickest of them, such as Colours Red or Elite. These will also last for ages, and are incredibly sumptuous underfoot.
If you are putting down a wood or laminate floor in your dining room then you can use whichever laminate underlay you want.
Not if you use a hard wearing underlay such as Treadmore or System Ten. These have a 100% recovery from compression, and will resist indentations longer than any other type of underlay.
The dining room is often the most frequently occupied room in the home and will benefit from the unique properties of a quality underlay. In the dining room, where heavy furniture may be present, we recommend the incredibly hard wearing crumb rubber underlay that offers 100% recovery. This minimises pressure marks and indentations, and prevents lasting damage to your carpet or flooring.
For wood & laminate flooring there is Timbermate Excel DIY. Also, if you have under floor heating in your dining room then you need a low tog underlay, lower than 0.35 tog, to let all the heat through. We recommend Duralay Heatflow Carpet or Duralay Heatflow Wood & Laminate, depending upon the flooring type.
Dining rooms usually have heavy furniture such dining room tables, so it is important to use an underlay which is firm and durable. Of the three different types of underlay (sponge rubber, PU foam and crumb rubber), crumb rubber is the most hard wearing as it is made from recycled car tyres. This makes it sound too hard, but in fact that’s not the case - it is very springy.
Crumb rubber underlays include Treadmore and System Ten.
Next most durable are dense PU foam underlays, such as Contract 9, Dreamwalk, Softwalk and Cosywalk. They are almost as hard wearing as crumb rubber, but are more comfortable.
The least durable underlays are the sponge rubber underlays, so it is sensible to only use the thickest of them, such as Colours Red or Elite. These will also last for ages, and are incredibly sumptuous underfoot.
Not if you use a hard wearing underlay such as Treadmore or System Ten. These have a 100% recovery from compression, and will resist indentations longer than any other type of underlay.