Spent 4 hours ripping out a carpet pad I put down wrong last Tuesday

I was installing in a bedroom in Phoenix and laid the pad with the wrong side facing up. Didn't catch it until I had the carpet half stretched in. Had to pull up the carpet, flip the pad, and redo the whole thing. Took me 4 hours instead of the 2 I planned for. Has anyone else mixed up the pad direction and paid for it later?

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king.ruby22d ago

Did you check the pad manufacturer's instructions before you started, or just assumed it didn't matter which way it faced? I've seen some pads that are supposedly reversible but have a subtle perforated layer that's meant to go down. Just curious if that was the case here or if it was a straight up one-sided backing.

jessew8321d ago

Actually king.ruby I ran into something similar a few years back with an older model from one of the bigger brands. I think it was a Bosch or maybe a DeWalt, I cant remember exactly but the pad had a little arrow on the side that pointed down. I ignored it because I figured hey its a pad right, how much difference can it make. Well after a few hours of work the pad was peeling up at the corners and I was getting a ton of chatter. I flipped it around and put the arrow side down and it was like a whole different tool. So yeah I always check now even if the instructions seem basic. For that particular pad it was a one-sided backing not reversible at all so the direction really mattered.