I took advantage of a golden opportunity of visiting the dumpster on a weekend many years ago. It was filled with pile carpeting that looked fairly new. I hauled it home. I think it might have been cut for a mobile home with a long 3' hallway and a couple of bedroom sized chunks. I actually used most of it with little cutting so now visitors to my layout walk on it today. It's not fastened down so I can actually remove it to clean.
For those with duck-unders, I borrowed a suggestion from a HO friend who had one. He bought some yellow rubber ducks that hang as a warning not to become upright too soon. I also bought several from the 99 cent store to remind everyone to duck! Bob Werre PhotoTraxx I don't care what anyone says, duck unders are a pain in the butt, especially when you become "Seniors!" I know they are mandatory in most homes, but if you can avoid them, please take my advice and avoid them! I'm now age 83 and getting down on my knees to get under the layout is not a pleasant chore. Like some layouts where you duck under once and operate from the center of your layout, that is pretty nice, otherwise, not a good thing! You have visitors and something goes wrong at the back of the layout ... Oh! Excuse me, and you craw under your layout and come up through a "POP UP!" Nope! Not a good thing! Sorry! "S"incerely, Olde and Grouchy Bill Fraley
