How To Keep Your Rug In Place On Carpet

Measure the length and width of your area rug.

How to keep your rug in place on carpet.

We have them under every area rug in our home to help them last longer and stay put. While you could attach the tape side directly onto your carpet to hold the rug in place when you would remove the rug later you would have tape residue left on your carpet. To keep accent rugs in place all you have to do is place them under the furniture put some non slip rug tapes or strips apply non skid rug coating or sprays put stay put rug pads underneath them and sew some velcro unto the rug for carpet floors. Optionally apply double sided carpet tape to the back of your area rug then stick the non skid rug pad to the back of your area rug.

Your method is great for one or two rugs but for a house full of them and a few hyper dogs i needed something sturdy. It s also a flexible one. I had a few rugs that i wanted to keep in place on carpet and tile but i didn t want it to be time consuming. Using sticky tape to hold your rug in place is probably one of the oldest tricks in the book.

Thicker pads create a non slip surface under the rug and add some cushion to hard floors. Placing a nonslip pad under your area rug will help keep it in place and minimize the stretching that occurs when an area rug is on top of carpet. I came across another option called gripcote ultra that makes any rug or floor mat stick to any surface. The tape is for added security to hold the pad to the rug.

Stick the tape on the sides of the carpet. The most obvious is a rug pad. But here s the thing it has to be the right tape because the wrong one will destroy your carpets. Again it s pretty low effort and you only need the double sided tape to make the two stick.

Unroll the carpet back on to its place. Place a non slip rug to carpet gripper or pad under the base rug to keep the rug in place and protect the carpet underneath use double sided rug tape on upper rug layers to help keep them from moving anchor area rugs by placing their edges under heavier furniture pieces be sure the rug on the top layer is not too plushy to avoid tripping hazards. If you desire some extra padding thick mats are available. Roll out half of your carpet leaving the back of the carpet exposed.

After you re done you can cut the excess tape if any left on the surface of the carpet.