When you choose Pinnacle Underlay you are:
- Using the best, most cost effective building products.
- Supporting New Zealand businesses doing business together.
- Using environmentally-friendly & sustainable products.
- Supporting members of the Sustainable Business Network.
Why is Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® rubber underlay such good value?
- Soft underfoot & flexible enough to smooth out any minor floor irregularities. Its anti-fatigue qualities are also ideal in the workplace.
- Quiet with great sound insulation.
- Long lasting - doesn't collapse over time.
- Warm & comfortable.
Whether you need underlay for residential carpets or commercial flooring,
you'll find Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® crumbed rubber carpet underlay the best possible option.
Benefits
- Warm and Quiet – Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® Underlay provides superior thermal insulation and soundproofing. This reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool a home and significantly reduces your heating and cooling costs. It also gives excellent sound insulation with noise reductions of up to 32 decibels – a must with kids around!
- Healthy – Unlike so-called "rubber" waffle underlay, which uses clay as a filler and breaks down under normal use (producing a wonderful environment for insect infestation and asthma-causing spores!) Pinnacle 100% crumbed rubber underlay is inert – it doesn't break down or rot.
- Looks great – Most carpets are replaced because they have become unbearably ugly, flat and lifeless! The rate at which a carpet deteriorates is directly influenced by the underlay that is used. People often spend large sums of money on expensive carpet, but pay little or no attention to underlay, then wonder why their carpet looks ugly after a few years.
It has been scientifically proved that a good-quality underlay such as Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® can increase a carpet's lifespan by up to 40 per cent. Not only does your carpet last longer, it remains attractive. There are no more unsightly indentations left by furniture or heavy foot traffic.
Unlike foamed air-filled underlays, where you are walking on trapped air bubbles which escape over time, Eco-Comfort Underlay has "spring-like" rubber molecules, which compress when you step on them. When the weight is lifted, the molecules immediately spring back to their original thickness. This is the reason why Pinnacle Underlay lasts so long and has excellent "memory". - Comfortable – Do you remember the luxurious feeling of stretching out on your soft new carpet to relax, watch TV, listen to music or even exercise? It's just fantastic!
And with Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® Underlay this feeling lasts and lasts because crumbed rubber doesn't collapse after a few years or even months of use, unlike waffle and foam underlays. This is because our natural Eco-Comfort Underlay is made from solid rubber particles which compress and then bounce back immediately. - Waterproof – Spills can be easily cleaned and dried without damage to the underlay. (To prove this point we suggest saturating a sample of foam, "rubber waffle" and Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® Underlay and then watching what happens when each product is dried!)
It's also non-absorbent and doesn't retain damp or water. So, if it's damp from below or has liquids spilled from above, crumbed rubber underlay can be quickly and easy dried to maintain your carpets and your health! (It doesn't form a water barrier; it's actually porous and breathes).
Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® crumb-rubber underlay is also completely waterproof. If the floor is ever flooded the underlay can be dried in place using vacuum cleaners. - Versatile – Has a wide variety of uses, with options on thickness, density and cost.
- Economical – Reduces costs because it adds years and years of life to your carpets. It's a stable, long lasting platform which doesn't collapse over time and is flexible enough to smooth out any minor irregularities in the concrete or timber floors it's laid on.
- Green and Environmentally Friendly – Help the world by choosing an eco-underlay made in New Zealand from 100% recycled and processed rubber crumb. One of the biggest challenges facing the world of recycling is "what do we do with the recycled material". Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® Underlay arrives wrapped in durable, recycled polypropylene, which has two great added value uses: you can use it to protect your carpet when tradespeople are moving in and out of your home and then it makes wonderful FREE weed matting for your garden! Pinnacle Eco-Comfort® Underlay makes use of recycled rubber from discarded tyres – the environmental benefits speak for themselves.
We use a sophisticated bonding process which, in simple terms, can be described as surface modification. This process creates "hooks" which interconnect, chemically bonding the rubber granules tightly and permanently together. It's environmentally friendly and very, very durable!
Because it's manufactured locally price fluctuations due to international exchange rates are reduced, the carbon footprint is much smaller than for imported products and you are supporting local industry by "Buying Kiwi made". It provides great marketing collateral and a real feel good factor.
