Overheard a sales pitch calling latex pad 'trash' and it bugged me all day

I was at a supply house Tuesday picking up some tack strip and heard a salesman tell a customer that any carpet with latex backing is garbage and they should only use polyurethane. I've been installing for 12 years and that's just not true. Most residential carpets under $40 a yard come with latex backing and they hold up fine in living rooms and bedrooms if you stretch them right. I've pulled up 15 year old latex backed carpet that still looked decent. The problem is installers who don't let it acclimate or who skip the power stretcher on a 12x15 room. Polyurethane is great for high moisture basements or commercial stuff but acting like latex is junk is just a way to upsell. Has anyone else had a supply house push a product line that hard just to make a bigger sale?

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hugo2386d ago

Man I tripped over a power stretcher last week and landed on a roll of latex backed carpet like a dumbass lmao. But yeah I've seen that sales pitch too, usually from the same guys that push 80 dollar a yard wool blends on people with dogs and kids. I pulled up a latex backed bedroom set from 2009 last month and it was still tight on the tack strip, no ripples or nothing. Some folks just need that commission bump to justify their existence I guess lol.

the_sam6d ago

Latex backed stuff from 2009 still tight? That's a first for me.