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How to keep a rug from bunching up on carpet.
Place the rug pad on the wrong side of the area rug.
Place the rug with the pad underneath on your carpet.
Remove the rug pad and create an x shape with double sided tape crossing the center of the rug.
These are available in different shapes and sizes.
Place one sheet on the carpet and walk the item onto the plywood move it slowly one side at a time almost as if it was walking forward.
Place the rug with the pad underneath on your carpet.
One of the best solutions is to use no skid area rug pad.
The tape is for added security to hold the pad to the rug.
Apart from keeping the area rugs in place non skid rug pads increase airflow thus helping in vacuuming.
Frame the edges of the rug with additional tape.
The non skid pad should stop the rug from bunching up.
Then place the second plywood sheet on the carpet in front of the first and walk the item from the first onto the second.
While you could attach the tape side directly onto your carpet to hold the rug in place when you would remove the rug later you would have tape residue left on your carpet.