how to stop a rug slipping on laminate floor

loopy_lass

how did our grandmas stop rugs from slipping parkay or wood floors? i just had (YUK) laminate put doenstairs (keeps clean easy as ive got dogs and kids)..

how do i stop my rug from slipping on the laminate? dont really want to stick it down forever!! any cheap or free ideas?

loops

black-saturn

Blue tac?

comping_cat

Double sided sticky tape? I think you can buy anti slip pads, but not sure how much they would be.

thriftlady_2

This isn't a cheap idea at all,but we used the made-for-the-purpose stuff from Allied Carpet,it cost £30 :eek: but it really works.It is an underlay that feels tacky to the touch.We were given a rug for Christmas and without this underlay stuff it was just plain dangerous,dd nearly went crashing into the TV.

loopy_lass

mmm, i shall look into this, thanks, im still intrigued how our grandmas would have dealt with this...

loops

debbym

Heard a tip once for stopping rugs slipping on tiles by glueing rubber on the back. I assume that the same would work for laminate.
Not sure what you could cannabalise to do this though; cheap bath mat perhaps?- could this be a new use for all those rubber bands that the postmen drop? :rotfl:

Chipps

I got some stuff from poundland (yes, for £1!!!) that stops things sliding about eg on shelves etc. It was quite a long roll. I have used it for lots of things, including putting a square of it on a dining chair to stop our 20 month old granddaughter from sliding off of a cushion! It would be fine for putting under a rug (maybe tacking some pieces onto the bottom of the rug) to stop it slipping about.

SnowyOwl_2

IKEA used to do rubber underlay stuff, so maybe have a look on their website. It was like a rubber net which you just cut to size and put under the rug. No problems about lifting the rug for cleaning, the underlay stuff didn't mark the floor and was very stable underfood. It was v.cheap, just a couple or so pounds for a 6' rug size piece...sorry, don't have a catalogue and there isn't an IKEA this side of the Irish Sea otherwise I'd know for sure if is still available - used to live in England, so that's how I know of this stuff.

Chipps

could this be a new use for all those rubber bands that the postmen drop?

Our postie doesn't drop rubber bands, but this morning we found out just what he does do with them, as we watched him very neatly tidying it into our green (garden waste) recycling wheely bin!

bigmuffins

aldi are currently selling some non slip underlay stuff for £1.99 - we just got some for exactly the same purpose! Works fine. Is a big piece that you can cut to size.

lolabug_2

Chipps wrote:

I got some stuff from poundland (yes, for £1!!!) that stops things sliding about eg on shelves etc. It was quite a long roll. I have used it for lots of things, including putting a square of it on a dining chair to stop our 20 month old granddaughter from sliding off of a cushion! It would be fine for putting under a rug (maybe tacking some pieces onto the bottom of the rug) to stop it slipping about.

I got a big roll of this from poundland as well (in pretty purple) it works fine under rugs. I also use it to stop the cats bowls from being pulled around the kitchen