My rugs stuck to the floor.  

It usually happens if the backing gets wet whilst on the floor then dries out, it usually needs something standing on it though, could have been a person. Ive had this before and with good rugs too, the backing thicker on those so takes longer to dry out. How long have you had them, can you take them back and complain?

Hi Jill, No this hasn't happened to me because I don't have rugs on the kitchen floor I guess. If these were good quality rugs though I really can't understand why they would do this unless some superglue was spilt before you laid them down Ellie :D

I have never had a rug stick to the floor Jill.
But when shaking them I have had the backing fall off.
Things are just made too cheaply these days.
Even if we buy expensive brands, they do not hold together.
I was trying to make myself a rag rug.
You cut thousands of tiny pieces of material and sew them onto a backing.
I kept getting it wrong so gave up in the end.

I've never had it happen, but I've seen plenty of ads on craigslist of people getting rid of rugs, where they say something like that happened, so the backing is messed up or gone. I only have shower/bath mats in my bathroom, and they don't have a backing, but they stay in place nicely. I think I got them at Wal-mart. They're super absorbent, so they're meant to get wet. You might look into something like that, rather than an actual rug.

I know my mom used to use the doormats in front of her sink, until one stained her linoleum. Now she uses those braided rugs. I've never heard her say anything about them slipping around.

I don't know Jill, maybe they had a no slide surface and it stuck? I've never had that happen before.

was anything spilled on them that was sticky and dried causing them to stick to the floor

I've not heard of this. I assume the rugs have that rubber backing that is commonly found on the back of rugs. I wonder if, when the rugs were placed down on the floor before, the floor could have been wet or damp. Thus, could that have caused the backing to stick to the floor as the floor dried.

Anyhoo, I've not had this happen. I hope it all came up in one piece so you didn't have to get down and scrape or scrub that backing up. Bummer.

Hey Jill,
I can't say that has happened except when the rug is old and it gets wet and dries.If I were you, I'd take them back. Only heat should have an effect like that. Good luck.
leenie

no hun it hasn't i don't really have rugs though has it been near a heat source? maybe the backing has got hot and moulded to the floor!

No it hasn't but it sounds like someone spilt something and did not clean it up and it got under the rug
I hope that the rug is not totally ruined and that you managed to get the backing of the Floor to