If a retail store tries to give you free pad with your carpet purchase this is usually what they plan to give you.
Polyurethane foam carpet padding.
You can pull up carpet 10 years after its installed and the rubber pad will look the same in high traffic areas as it did new.
When it dries the foam rubber is porous and spongy and the gas trapped within the urethane foam gives it great insulative properties.
Foam padding urethane this type of pad is often very inexpensive and lightweight.
Frothed foam pad is made of polyurethane chemicals and reinforcing filler frothed together with air during manufacture.
Prime cushion bonded foam and frothed foam.
Underpad made of polyurethane foam is the most common form of pad used under carpeting in residential settings.
1 prime cushion prime cushion is made of non recycled materials also known as virgin materials.
This is the premium carpet padding although frothed foam can make a case for itself.
It s pricey but so durable that you can almost certainly reuse it next time you install new carpeting.
Urethane foam urethane foam is the material commonly known as foam rubber which is produced by blowing gas into a heated liquid chemical mixture.
Prime cushion bonded foam and frothed foam.
Polyurethane foam is the most common form of carpet pad that the flooring industry uses for residential applications.
In your home i d expect this padding to last through two sets of carpet or more.
Polyurethane foam padding consists of three types.