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We need to lay some carpeting in our family room, and we want _really_ good padding (we don’t care so much about the carpeting, actually, but want really cushiony padding, so as our baby is crawling, walking, learning to walk, etc., the landing will be soft). Can anybody recommend a good place in the South Bay, or on the Peninsula, in terms of price, installation, etc. (or, if you have other recommendations, like "buy it here and install it yourself") we’d love to hear them. Thanks! — I am: mom, attorney, professor, advocate for fathers http://www.parentinglaw.com Actually, I’m a lawyer -and- I play one on tv.
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I’ve used Carpet America on Stevens Creek and I thought the carpet they installed was great. I’ve had the carpet for nine years now. Still looks good and the pad feels springy although I haven’t bounced many kids on it lately 
) . S&G Flooring in downtown SJ has a very good selection of all kinds of flooring. I haven’t used their installation services but I have bought marble tile from them which looked great. They’ve been around a long time and I would assume they only use good people for their installation work. Mark —
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Avoid Carpet Club. Forget about service after installation. Our carpet seams started showing in about 6 months after installation. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > We need to lay some carpeting in our family room, and we want _really_ > good padding (we don’t care so much about the carpeting, actually, but > want really cushiony padding, so as our baby is crawling, walking, > learning to walk, etc., the landing will be soft). > Can anybody recommend a good place in the South Bay, or on the > Peninsula, in terms of price, installation, etc. (or, if you have other > recommendations, like "buy it here and install it yourself") we’d love to > hear them. > Thanks! > — > I am: mom, attorney, professor, advocate for fathers > http://www.parentinglaw.com > Actually, I’m a lawyer -and- I play one on tv.
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> We need to lay some carpeting in our family room, and we want _really_ > good padding
i and friends have used ; California Carpet 695 Industrial Rd, San Carlos, CA 94070-3311 Phone: (650)591-3355 They did a rental for them, and my place for me (albeit, mine was _way_ smaller). They were very friendly and knew what they were talking about. It’s not a huge business or chain (that i could tell) but that made it nice cause there wasn’t the pressure sale, and so on. If you go with the rolls that they have out, what i did, it can get pretty quick, took like a week for the sub-contractor to come out. > (or, if you have other recommendations, like "buy it here and install it > yourself") we’d love to hear them.
While i’m a average handy man skill level, "jack of all trade, master of none" i would really think before going for install yourself job. Unless you/yours has the skill, and proper tools, you could end up wasting money. i put this under the "maybe i could do it, but heck, i go to work so i can PAY someone to do this time consuming and dirty work" category. Plus if anything goes wrong, then they have to fix it. FWIW. craig "money can’t buy happiness, but it can put a smile on"
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>We need to lay some carpeting in our family room, and we want _really_ >good padding (we don’t care so much about the carpeting, actually, but >want really cushiony padding, so as our baby is crawling, walking, >learning to walk, etc., the landing will be soft).
Virtually any kind of pile carpeting will be soft enough to accomodate a baby. Trying to get too soft and cushiony can actually backfire, because the more a surface is able to slow down an impact the more it will also be able to spring back and cause rebound injury problems. Also, a too soft carpet will make it more difficult for a baby to learn to walk, as the surface will move more under the baby’s foot, making balance harder to achieve, resulting in more falls than on a harder surface.
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