The Carpet Rides Up
Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you or any member of your Daisy Chain kindly help me with my present difficulty? We have recently moved, and this has necessitated putting a rather heavy Chinese rug across the carpet in the lounge, and it will "ride up." Do you know if there is a remedy to make it stay put? I would like to tell you how I enjoy your morning sessions, and am most grateful for the many hints which you have recommended, as I am one of the "Not so youngs" who have come from England to live in’ New Zealand since the end of the war. Now I have quite settled down and my husband and I both love
New Zealand.
"M.
Mac.,"
| Auckland.
I think the best way to keep the | heavy Chinese carpet from "riding up" on the other carpet is to put strips of carpet around the edges underneath in such a way that the right side of the attached strip faces down on to the right side of the underneath carpet. Thus the back of the attached strip is attached to the back of the Chinese carpet, which will then cling to the underneath carpet | with the right side of the strip. T his | method was sent in some time ago when | this subject was being discussed. The food’ Chinese carpet is not damaged at all by fairly narrow strips of carpet being stuck around the edges of its underside; and the pile of the strip clings to the pile of the under-carpet. I should think a carpet department manager in a store would be able to tell you what would be the best solution to stick the two wrong sides together. My own carpet expert tells me that there is a rubberised solution. I have a charming hearthrug (lying on top of my dining room Carpet) consisting simply of a strip of that gay and interesting patterned carpet a Christchurch company designed and sold last year (all N.Z. shrubs and trees in lovely colours-ko-whai, rata, kaka beak). The company made up some mats as samples, and gave one to me. It has a strip of carpet fastened on each short side, with the tight side downwards, and it lies quite flat and never "rides up." Many thanks for your kindly letter. :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 796, 22 October 1954, Page 33
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390The Carpet Rides Up New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 796, 22 October 1954, Page 33
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