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Selecting Flooring that’s Easier on the Body
Almost 30 years ago, my wife and I decided to install carpeting in the central hallway, staircase and second floor landing of our home. We must have been feeling particularly flush at the time because we chose the best quality, deep-pile nylon carpeting we could find. Why nylon instead of wool? Because we were convinced by the carpet retailer that it would last forever and in those days, in our naïve youth, we expected everything, like ourselves, to last forever.
To add to the expected comfort of treading across the thick pile, the owner of the carpet store introduced us to the idea of adding foam padding beneath the carpeting. As a result, every person ever visiting our home for the first time always commented on the extravagant experience of walking across – or I should say – wading through that carpeting.
When I shared this story with Mary Fellbusch, proprietor of Absolute Flooring in Yorktown in researching options for “softer” flooring that’s easier on the joints, she responded, “You really don’t want to be bouncing around or walking ‘into’ your carpeting, especially in high traffic areas. The purpose of padding is to help support you. You shouldn’t be disappearing in it.” I ... more

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