Advice on carpet underlay

[curium]

Hi all!

I'm replacing the carpet on our stairs & landing.

Had a quick look in Carpet Right and they have about 5-6 different underlays.

What should I be looking for? Are they all the same?

Cheers!

EDIT: While taking up the old carpet and underlay I've had to scrape a lot of the old underlay off the floor. In places it appears to have just disintegrated into dust.

Is this normal?

 

[lymmranger]

........your old underlay was "rubber" and yes with time this happens - definately had your life out of that!

....stick to PU as advised in your other thread - it has a better memory and wont degrade over time.

last time I checked carpetshite were still pushing out rubber at inflated prices, make sure you visit a good independant - you will get a much better deal

 

[crazydaze]

PuFoam will give a deeper softer feel, if wear and appearance is a higher priority then consider a Crumb Rubber such as Duralay Treadmore or it's hard to bean a natural felt or felt combo such as Axminster Axfelt65. Either way, visit an independant retailer and prepare for the suprise of being able to buy a better underlay for less money than CarpetRight are offering