Tile and stone are the hardest, coldest floors in the house, and nothing we sell will scratch or stain them. Here the pad is doing more work than usual. It is the only thing between your rug and a stone floor, so cushion matters more here than anywhere else.
All-Purpose™ Pad
THIN · 0.10″For thin rugs: flatweaves, kilims, machine-woven.
- Cushion
- Grip
- Full
- Feel
- Barely there
from $43.31
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Superior Pad
MEDIUM · 0.160″Our best seller, and the one most rugs want.
- Cushion
- Grip
- Full
- Feel
- Soft underfoot, quiets the room
from $47.35
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Premium Pad
THICK · 0.25″The one we suggest first on tile and stone.
- Cushion
- Grip
- Full
- Feel
- Plush, the most cushion we make
from $55.00
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Looking for our fourth pad? The Deluxe™ pad works indoors and out. It is an open-weave rubber pad, so it breathes, which makes it the one we reach for anywhere damp: basements, sunrooms, entryways, patios and decks. See the Deluxe pad.
Which one for your rug?
This is what we get asked most, and it is the part people usually get backwards.
If the pad has more body than the rug, the rug slides around on the pad. You have moved the problem, not solved it.
On tile we lean thicker than we would on wood, because there is no give in the floor at all. But the rug still sets the limit:
Flatweave, kilim, machine-woven
0.10″ · 19 oz
Most rugs, most homes
0.160″ · 30 oz
Hand-knotted, wool pile, shag
0.25″ · 38 oz
Want more cushion under a thin rug? Step up to Superior, not Premium. Medium is as far as a thin rug will tolerate before it starts to shift.
Need to keep the height down under a thick rug? All-Purpose is fine. A thick rug brings its own weight, so it lies flat and holds the pad in place.
How thick is each one, really
Measured from our spec sheet, not estimated. Each gridline is 0.05 inch off the floor.
Height is the total thickness of the pad. The darker band at the base is the rubber grip that meets your floor.
Oriental Rug & Carpet Clinic · Denver
Why we only sell four pads
We are a rug cleaning company first. Rugs come into our shop with the pad still stuck to the back of them: crumbling foam, adhesive gone to glue, cheap latex turned to orange powder that took the floor finish with it.
That is why we sell four pads and not forty. Felt and rubber, needled and bonded, nothing that breaks down into dust in five years. When a rug comes back to us for its next cleaning, we would rather the pad still be a pad.
Frequently asked
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Which rug pad is best for tile or stone floors?
The Premium Pad if your rug can carry it. Tile and stone have no give, so the 0.25″ felt is doing real work underfoot and it takes the chill off.
If your rug is thin, step down to Superior. A thick pad under a thin rug makes the rug travel, and that is worse than a firmer floor.
Will a rug pad scratch or mark tile?
No. There is no adhesive and no grit in any of our pads. The backing is natural and synthetic rubber, which is softer than tile or stone. On polished or honed stone we would still sweep the floor before laying the pad, because trapped grit scratches floors whether there is a pad there or not.
Will the pad sink into grout lines?
Not enough to see. Felt is dense and bonded rather than loose, so it bridges a normal grout line instead of dipping into it. On a floor with unusually wide or deep grout, the thicker Premium pad bridges better than the thin one.
Does a rug pad help with the cold?
Yes, and it is one of the main reasons people buy one for stone. Felt is an insulator. Thicker means warmer here, so on a cold floor, the thickest pad your rug will tolerate is the right answer.
What size rug pad do I need?
Three inches smaller than your rug in each direction, so an inch and a half of clearance on every side. You do not need to work it out. Pick your rug size and we cut the pad before it ships.
Read the full size guide for how to measure a rug properly.
Unusual stone, or a polished finish?
Call 1-833-RUG-PADS and you will get someone who cleans rugs for a living. If none of ours is right for your floor, we will tell you.
