On 28-Mar-2006, "JB" wrote:

How do people keep the carpet in place?


One thing you could try is to place foam antislip padding between the carpet
and the metal underneath. The inexpensive padding is sold in sheets or
rolls of various sizes in stores like Target. It is intended to be put
under throw rugs that sit on slippery hardwood or linoleum floors. To keep
things neat, you may want to glue the padding (which you will cut to the
shape of your individual segments) to the back of your carpets. For this I
would use contact cement or possibly rubber cement. The stuff works great
in our house, and I don't see why it wouldn't work equally well in an
airplane.

The padding weighs next to nothing and might even add a smidgeon of sound
and thermal insulation.

-Elliott Drucker