I have an area rug in my family room over a wood floor. Every few weeks when I clean there is...?

Question

Hey-I have a large area rug in my living room off of my kitchen. There is a wooden floor. Every few weeks I clean the floors. Whenever I get to the family room and lift up to rug to get any dirt out from underneath, I get to opposite. Sand! There is sand everywhere under that rug. What gives?

Answer 1

Yeah we have the same problem.The sand goes through the rug,to the floor below.no way of stopping it,sorry.

Answer 2

Wow, that's weird!  I have lived with wood floors for over 10 years and never had this problem underneath the rugs.  I'm thinking somebody is carrying sand in from outside?  Do you live in an area where there's sand?