Poor ol' carpet padding. The Rodney Dangerfield of Flooring... It never gets the respect that it deserves. When new carpet is being purchased, everyone is thinking first about color. Then comes the texture then quality and so forth. Eventually someone states that you will probably need some pad under that new carpet. It's at this time that the consumer response usually is "Oh, that pad will do I guess". Let's start with the basics concerning the fundamental choices i [...]