adam_nguyen7•3mo agoMost Upvoted

Visited the new library in Boise and their wall-to-wall carpet choice is a maintenance nightmare waiting to happen.

The main reading room has a very light, loop-pile commercial grade installed directly over concrete, and I can already see high-traffic wear patterns forming after just six months.

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veramiller1mo ago

Wait, they put loop pile right over concrete with no proper padding or moisture barrier? That's basically asking for mold and unraveling seams. @evan295 called it perfectly - that combo is doomed from day one. You can already see the wear paths forming in just six months, just wait until a chair leg snags a loop and starts a run. I almost tripped over my own shock reading that detail.

evan2953mo ago

That light loop pile over concrete is a terrible combo. It's gonna look trashed in a year.

mark7233mo ago

My old apartment had that exact setup. Honestly, I'm still finding beige carpet fibers in my socks.