Improperly Specified Carpet

Carpet that is not properly specified will ugly out regardless of what it is installed over.  Most everyone has heard the statement “a good quality cushion will make an inexpensive carpet last longer.”  While there is a certain amount of truth to this statement, the best of cushion can only do so much for a poor quality carpet.  A carpet that is constructed with a loosely plied yarn and sparse in construction might do fine in a spare bedroom but it is not designed for the traffic of an active family.

Inexpensive plush is not going to hold up on stairs regardless of how good the cushion is.  By the same token, the finest piece of carpet is not going to hold up when installed over a cushion of improper thickness or density.