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When you accidentally clean a piece of your carpet for the first time ever (lemmy.world)
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[–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Professionally cleaned? Fuck that. My carpets are fine without that and its much more pleasant to walk on than floor boards.

I'd probably be OK with very large rugs instead but they seem to generally cost more. Tempted to add rugs on top of carpets though. Cosy and nice on my feet. Probably helps insulation a bit and they dampen sound quite a lot too.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    My carpets are fine without that

    Ah... sure they are.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    So if you ever get your place recarpeted, it's worth the money for the thicker layer of insulation. It is just so much softer to walk on, and maybe provides a tiny amount of padding in a fall.

    Sometimes if my bed feels wrong for reasons, I can sleep on that extra plush carpet no problems.

    I set up a spare bedroom as an office, so my rolly chair goes on one of those plastic carpet protection mats. I hate those mats so I put another carpet on top of it. Chair rolls great, it's not ugly visible plastic, and it's really easy to clean up spills right there.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    There is an underlay on the carpet. I don't know what the options were for it as that is just what they provided. So no idea how it compares to different sorts but at least there is one.

    Yeah office chair on carpet isn't great and also using a plastic mat which seems to at least help but it bends a fair bit, I do wonder if it would be better to have a more rigid material below it, even just a sheet of plywood. Putting an offcut of carpet on top could be nice. Although at that point I doubt the plastic is even necessary. Ohh, maybe plywood and those stick on squares of carpet? I think they are good for office flooring too so they don't wear as badly.

    For a while we have considered getting some rugs but they do cost a lot. Also want a combination of lots of squish AND a nice fluffy feel to it. Often they don't do both very well. Fake sheepskins feel nice but are almost completely flat of you squeeze them. Foam ones are very squishy but no fluff to them at all. Maybe need to look at multi laying it.

    Or do I need to look into getting a sheet of the thickest carpet underlay I can and 50 balls of yarn to make my own rug that is better than all the others? Pompom rug could be an option too. Make them a few at a time then so it is easier to break up the work while watching something.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    it bends a fair bit

    that was our problem. we had to get the thickest plastic mat because the ones specifically for office carpet are flexible as fuck. a thin sheet of plywood (we have a few pianos and soft "hardwood" floors what get grooves in them when you drag a piano across them, and a thin sheet of plywood protects the wood from the piano. i imagine the same plywood would work great for this if you could get at least > 1.5m x 1.5m sheet. it was just easier to get the plastic.

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