What do you call a rug that's not quite a rug?

babylon76

I need to buy some floor coverings... not as fancy or substantial as a proper rug, but thicker than a dust sheet.

First of all... what do I call that? And secondly, where can I find them? ... if I knew what to call them I'll go on eBay, but so far I've had no luck searching on 'rugs' or 'floor coverings'. It's a temporary measure while the builders finish off our house, so not concerned about look. Just don't want to be walking around on bare concrete.

PasturesNew

Probably something like cotton rugs.

I presume you mean floppy chunky weaves....

babylon76

You're good :T

moonpenny

Might be more cost effective to look at rolls of cheap carpet cut offs.
They very often do smaller cut offs than the tall rolls and you could cut them up into sizes you want

Debbie_Savard

Ruglet ?

Owain_Moneysaver

drugget

At £15 a m2 not actually cheap.

Exhibition carpet or cord carpet is the usual cheap-ish option from £3 a m2.

If you have a local exhibitions display place you may be able to get it second-hand for next to nothing.

hollydays

Tk maxx have some lovely ones reduced at the moment.

Cornucopia

What about something like this?

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/textiles-rugs/outdoor-textiles/k%C3%A4rb%C3%A4k-rug-flatwoven-in-outdoor-multicolour-art-50319473/

askmeaboutsofas

Try polypropylene rugs, it's pretty hard wearing and very cheap!

Jox

You could also get flip-flops / slippers to wear around the house.

trailingspouse

When our house was a building site, we bought cheap rugs from Dunelm - they were narrower and longer than a standard doormat, and if memory serves were about £7 each. We laid them down like stepping stones along the landing so we could get from bedroom to bathroom in the middle of the night without having to put the steel-toe-capped boots on.


A carpet remnant would also do the trick - you can cut to size with a Stanley knife.