Rug Pad Academy
Industry Insights
What is changing in trade supply, installation labor, and specification practice.
Short answer
Industry Insights
The economics of installation labor, not product features, are driving change in how the trade specifies rug pads. When install crews bill by the hour, per-room fabrication time becomes the deciding factor in a specification.
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Three Years of Scissorless
What changed in how the trade specifies pads, and what did not.
5 min read
The Real Cost of Cutting Rug Pads On Site
What on-site pad fabrication costs a firm in labor, schedule risk, and client experience.
5 min read
The Quiet Cost of Remnants
Every custom cut from a roll leaves something nobody can use.
4 min read
Two Years of Grip & Rip
What we got right, what surprised us, and what designers actually use the perforations for.
5 min read
High Point Market and the Overnight Install
Market showroom installs run on timelines that would be illegal anywhere else.
5 min read
Rug Pads and Sound in Multifamily
Many buildings mandate floor coverage. Fewer designers know the pad is doing most of the work.
5 min read
The Real Cost of a Second Trip
A returned visit for a pad that did not fit is the most expensive twenty minutes in the project.
5 min read
Why Rug Pads Are Still Cut With Scissors
Every other part of a rug installation has been professionalized. The pad underneath has not.
5 min read
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