Flooring Ideas And Solutions


Home theater carpeting is one of the methods to optimize your home theater system. To bring the feel, the look, of a theater there is need of proper interior decoration, of which carpeting occupies a central position. Dark colored carpets are an essential embellishment to bring about the effect of the theaters.

Home theater carpeting needs to be thick to bring about a luxurious feel like the familiar sights of a theater. Contrary to this, experts agree that the thickness should never exceed 1.1cm. The carpeted floors look good as long as the wadding is not squashed out of constant use, and the backing of the carpet does not deteriorate so make sure you keep a watch on that

Though carpets are not suitable for timber flooring, nevertheless it is the most popular form of floor covering for homes with home theaters because of its noise, reverberation and deformation reduction and sound absorption capabilities. Carpets are effective sibilance reducers i.e. it gets rid of the “tssss” and “shhhh” sounds while it has no effect on the vowels. Further carpets does away with treble but has no effect on bass.

Sometimes due to the high noise quality of a home theater system, the noise seeps to the immediate floor below causing disturbance. To reduce this possibility a carpet underlay made from rubber and high grade felt is available in the market. This is a better underlay than standard corrugated foam underlays that are not so successful. However, this carpet underlay is not fit for reducing ‘airborne’ noises.

Customized home theater carpeting is also available and you could browse the net to choose from the many styles available. However, if the styles available are not exactly to your liking then you could design your own carpet. Custom carpeting is made mostly with 100% DuPont Nylon and are stain resistant. Information on these custom made carpets is available on the Internet and you could even order online.