Reusing old carpert underlay?

tori.k

we are just about to have the stair& hallways carpet redone lifting the old carpet the tredair underlay and gripper roods looks in really good condition dispite being 10yr's old, can i reuse these? we are laying another decent carpet so i want it to last at least another 10yrs but scrimping will save us a least £100 if I can

Thanks

BobQ

tori.k wrote: »

we are just about to have the stair& hallways carpet redone lifting the old carpet the tredair underlay and gripper roods looks in really good condition dispite being 10yr's old, can i reuse these? we are laying another decent carpet so i want it to last at least another 10yrs but scrimping will save us a least £100 if I can

Thanks

Depends what you mean by "lifting". If you mean at the centre where its most used then you might want to take the gamble. Personally, I would not penny pinch on this. You might get away with it but you may find that in 5 years time it powders. I have a very good carpet 20 years old and the very good underlay has gone to powder in the last 5 years. Do you really want to risk adverse wear on the 5 year old carpet and/or the cost of replacing the underlay in 5 years time?

I would not be concerned about reusing the gripper.

tori.k

sorry worded it wrong i just mean when we lifted the old carpet to underlay looks sound, but your right i guess it's one of those "save now pay later" choices

cyclonebri1

Easy saving , BUT, what you need to do is reverse the underlay.

IE, ensure what was sat on the tread is now on the riser.

All the wear is on the tread, the riser will be virgin,;);)

McKneff

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Easy saving , BUT, what you need to do is reverse the underlay.

IE, ensure what was sat on the tread is now on the riser.

All the wear is on the tread, the riser will be virgin,;);)

What a blo ody good idea....:T:T:T

shegirl

McKneff wrote: »

What a blo ody good idea....:T:T:T

I agree!One I'll probably end up using in the future

McKneff

So when you get to the top, you have an extra flat bt , so you just put that one on the bottom riser, nice one. Brilliant.

cyclonebri1

McKneff wrote: »

So when you get to the top, you have an extra flat bt , so you just put that one on the bottom riser, nice one. Brilliant.

I aim to please,:o:o.
The only bit of carpet we have in the house is on the stairs, purely for safety's sake.

It's an open stair case, ie each tread has a folded around underlay pad. You can still apply the same principle even in that case.