Category: Floor Underlayment

How Long Does Hardwood Flooring Last?
Does your hardwood flooring look worn? In most cases, refinishing rather than replacing is the ideal solution. So, how long before I need to refinish hardwood flooring? And, How long does hardwood flooring last before replacemen...

How Long Does Laminate Flooring Last?
Many homeowners like laminate flooring because it can add beauty and durability to their homes. You could expect your floor to last 15 to 25 years on average, or even longer with proper care and upkeep, depending on the flooring...

Why You Should Put Underlayment Under Your Vinyl Plank Flooring
Luxury vinyl plank flooring is a great option when replacing your current flooring. It comes in a variety of looks that mimic natural wood and even stone. Most LVP flooring is durable and does a good job defending against scratc...

5 Reasons Why You Should Put Underlayment Under Your Laminate Floor
Many people love the look of new laminate flooring for it’s variety of textures and designs. However, what is underneath the flooring is often overlooked. Underlayment gives laminate flooring it’s performance. Lamina...

Can You Use Radiant Heat Under Vinyl Plank Flooring?
There’s no doubt that vinyl plank flooring looks fantastic. The wood can bring a beautifully organic and natural feeling to any home and is an affordable alternative to hardwood floors. However, homeowners are rightly...

How to Replace Carpet With Vinyl Plank Flooring
Many homeowners are looking for ways to spruce up their homes on a budget. Do-It-Yourself projects have always had a niche in the home improvement arena, but during the pandemic, they took off. One of the easier projects out the...

How to Fill a Gap Between Baseboard and Flooring
You are about to install your new flooring. As you lay the first plank you realize that there is going to be a gap between your baseboard and your floor. Don’t worry, this issue is more common than you think. Especially wi...

QuietBoard Installation Instructions for Laminate & Vinyl Plank Flooring
QuietBoard Underlayment is specifically designed for use with floating vinyl plank, laminate, and engineered wood flooring products, offering detailed QuietBoard installation instructions for optimal performance. This sound-redu...

5 Cheapest Ways to Raise Floor Height
Running into an uneven floor is frustrating, this can lead to unexpected costs, in both time and money. If you want to raise the height of a floor, the cheapest and easiest way is to add a thick underlayment designed for the job...

QuietWalk Underlayments Overview
QuietWalk Underlayments Overview: QuietWalk branded flooring underlayments are the #1 trusted underlayments on the market, sustainably constructed from repurposed and recycled fiber materials that would have otherwise been dumpe...

How to install underlayment for laminate flooring
How to Install Underlayment for Laminate Using QuietWalk All wood and concrete subfloors must be flat within 1/8″ over a 6′ span, or 3/16″ over a 10′ span. All areas must be checked prior to installation....

How to install underlayment for vinyl plank flooring
How to Install Underlayment for Vinyl Plank using QuietWalk Luxury Vinyl All wood and concrete subfloors must be flat within 1/8″ over a 6′ span, or 3/16″ over a 10′ span. All areas must be checked prior ...

Laminate Flooring With Attached Underlayment: Pros and Cons
Pre-Attached Underlayment Pro’s: Save money from not purchasing separate underlayment Save time from rolling out underlayment during installation Convenient and affordable for budget friendly homeowners Con’s: Absorb...

Underlayments and Floor Types Guide
So, you’ve officially had it up to here looking at your existing floors and finally have enough cash in the bank to do something about it. That’s exciting stuff, but you might want to pump the brakes for a moment. Th...

Is a separate moisture barrier required?
This a good question as many underlayment come with built in vapor barrier and some don’t. Depends on your subfloor type also. Why do you need a moisture barrier in the first place? A moisture barrier blocks moisture from ...

Do you need underlayment for laminate flooring?
Yes, underlayment for laminate flooring provides proper support, stability, noise reduction, and helps the click-lock system create a structurally sound floor. With many underlayment options and flooring types available to consu...

The Reason Your Vinyl Plank Floors are Buckling (and What to Do About It)
It goes without saying that whenever you finally make the upgrade to vinyl plank floors, you don’t want to see it falling into disrepair anytime soon. After all, that’s a significant investment, especially with some luxury o...

Best Underlayment for Uneven Subfloors
When it comes to our flooring, most of us have it all wrong. We tend to believe that the lifespan of our floors is primarily decided by their quality in materials and manufacturing, yet that’s simply not true. While these fact...
Does Waterproof Vinyl Flooring Need Underlayment?
There’s little more satisfying than installing new flooring in your home. Objectively, it’s not a particularly massive change – nothing nearly as extensive as removing walls or adding new rooms – but it’s an alteration...

Pre-Attached Underlayment: The Pros and Cons
For anybody thinking of redoing their floors with laminate or vinyl plank, opting to use underlayment is a fantastic choice for a myriad of reasons. But simply deciding you want to utilize this underfloor padding isn’t the...

Underlayment: Do You Need It for Hardwood Floors?
There are few things more satisfying than giving your space a fresh update and seeing it come alive again. While taking down walls, installing new appliances, repainting, and replacing fixtures make a significant impact, brand n...

What is the best flooring for your dogs?
The floor is more than just the floor. It’s a place where we spend a lot of time, and it has to be comfortable for all family members – including our furry friends! When choosing flooring options, there are many fact...

5 Reasons You Should Use Underlayment Under Vinyl Plank Flooring
Whether you’re a regular maestro with all things reno, you’ve spontaneously thrown yourself into household projects during the pandemic, or you’re completely clueless even with clear plans in place, everyone loves home imp...

When Underlayment is Not Necessary for Laminate Flooring
Re-doing your flooring is a big undertaking, especially for large rooms or your entire home. It takes a considerable amount of time, dedication, and, of course, cash, making it imperative that you follow the old adage (both figu...

Underlayment For Vinyl Plank Flooring
Looking for Underlayment for Vinyl Plank Flooring? We recognize that luxury vinyl plank is a growing trend in the flooring industry due to its waterproofing capability. It does have benefits for the DIY/homeowner market. In this...

What is Underlayment
Underlayment is basically a thin layer of material that is sandwiched between other materials. The underlayment is used in two different industries, roofing and flooring. Both industries have different benefits and in this artic...

Does Vinyl Plank Flooring Need Underlayment?
Looking for underlayment to reduce sound? The only time we suggest underlayment under vinyl tile or plank flooring is if want to reduce the impact sound or sound transmission in your room. The additional underlayment under the f...

Underlayments and Sound Definitions (IIC - STC - Delta IIC)
One of the most well-known reasons for using flooring underlayment is its acoustic benefits, often referred to as underlayment sound definitions. This means reducing unwanted noise from traveling to other rooms, which is especia...

What kind of tape to use when installing underlayment?
Transcript: Specialized underlayment seam tape does work well, but a good quality duct tape from any hardware store works just as well. Many of our underlayments come with a built-in lip and tape system which you don’t hav...

Flooring Underlayment Compression Resistance
When researching underlayments, you may notice compressive force or resistance numbers on the list of the technical specs. Well, we are going to explore what they mean. This is the era of “floating floors”. Floating floors a...

Difference Between QuietWalk 360 Sq. Ft. Rolls and 100 Sq. Ft. Rolls - Flooring Underlayment
Transcription: The QuietWalk 360 sq. ft. rolls offer the main benefit of less taping of seems and unrolling. The 6 ft. wide vs the 3 ft. wide roll allows faster and easier installation all around. Most retailers are going to giv...

What is the thinnest LVT plank to use with underlayments
QuietWalk luxury vinyl will only work with luxury vinyl planks that are 2mm thick or thicker. Planks below 2mm thick are very thin and underlayment will provide too much cushion, risking the longevity of the flooring. MP Global ...

Can QuietWalk Be Used On Concrete Subfloor
Yes. The DriWick Technology will wick away moisture when concrete emits moisture. If you want to be on the safe side of ensuring your floor is gonna be dry and according to NALFA, installing a 6-mil vapor barrier underneath the ...

R-Value of QuietWalk Flooring Underlayment
Oftentimes, when you are going to be putting down a new floor. The insulation value of underlayment is not really thought about too much, but we are going to be talking today about how important that can be. Not only for your fl...

Can QuietWalk Be Used With Pad Attached Flooring?
QuietWalk underlayment can be used under pad-attached. There is a known rumor that extra underlayment with pad-attached may produce a decoupling of the click-lock mechanism. QuietWalk’s compression resistance exceeds the i...

Where is QuietWalk Made? MP Global Products Plant Tour
Welcome to the home of MP Global Products – where for over 25 years we have been manufacturing high performance flooring underlayments and other custom fiber products right here in Norfolk, NE. We might be located in a s...

How to pick the right underlayment
Transcription: You’ve picked your flooring style, now it is time to fill in the gaps for the other pieces to the project. Let’s talk about underlayments and how do you pick the right one for the job!? When choosing a...

Should You Test Your Concrete Subfloor for Moisture?
(Intro) As you can see, we have marked off an area that is approximately 20in by 20in. And the idea here is to have a good clean and smooth surface inside this perimeter. So we need to brush it off, sweep it off, maybe even have...

Can I Use Carpet as Underlay for Laminate Flooring?
The tough exterior layer and resin coating of laminated floors make them very durable. This type of flooring lasts between 15 and 25 years. Laminated flooring also endures exposure to high heels, cats, dogs, and even kids. They ...

What is Greenguard Gold Certification?
When we shop for beds, furniture, or other home decors, the GreenGuard Gold Certifcation logo is popular on some products. It simply means that the product has been tested and certified for low chemical emissions. Usually, we ge...

Can you use QuietWalk Underlayment for Pergo Flooring?
Pergo flooring offers excellent flooring choices for homeowners who are looking to brighten up their living space. From Pergo Outlast+, XP to Portfolio Series, the flooring will last you years to enjoy. When you purchase this fl...

QuietWalk - Frequently Asked Questions
Is QuietWalk underlayment recommended to be installed under engineered click hardwood flooring? QuietWalk underlayment can be used under engineered click hardwood flooring. An engineered wood floor is constructed of layers of bo...

LVT Underlayment - Everything You Need To Know
With the rise of waterproof and scratch resistant flooring such as luxury vinyl plank or luxury vinyl tile flooring over the last 5 years, underlayment manufacturers are now offering underlayment to help noise reduction. Floorin...

Rough Subfloor Prep
Here at MP Global we take pride in our products and we listen to feedback from our customers closely. A customer wrote this article based on an experience they had with our QuietWalk Luxury Vinyl Underlayment. We noticed their a...

Sound Deadening Underlayment for Wood Floors
There it was Labor Day weekend 2018 and I laid awake at 3 a.m. exhausted and awake in my friend’s downstairs apartment unit. I was visiting a friend in Chicago for the long last holiday weekend of the summer as I was hel...

What kind of underlayment for vinyl plank flooring?
The answer to what kind of underlayment for vinyl plank flooring really depends on what benefit you want to achieve for your space. Do you want good sound absorption, moisture protection and a great insulation value to keep your...

Best Underlay for Laminate Flooring
Choosing the best underlay for laminate flooring can be a daunting task as there is hundreds of different types of underlayments for laminate on the market. With various underlayments being made by various materials, featu...

LifeProof Flooring: Does It Need Underlayment?
LifeProof flooring is one of the best-selling floors at Home Depot, and for good reason! It offers the beauty of hardwood with the durability of vinyl, and it even won Home Depot’s Innovation of the Year Award. But a common qu...

SoundChoice Underlayment
Sold by: BuildDirectSKU:10074922 SoundChoice Underlayment With Moisture Barrier – 100 sq ft Roll – Discontinued QuietWalk underlayment offers the same benefits that SoundChoice underlayment provides which you can vie...

What is The Best Acoustic Underlay for Laminate Flooring?
Figuring out what the best acoustic underlay for laminate flooring can be tough. In fact, really tough with all the different underlayment out in the market. In this article, we will go over what you need to look for to help you...