I have just tried to fit my replacement padding to find it is over 1cm shorter than the length of the ironing board.  The instructions say to cut it 1cm wider all the way round - this is impossible even after trying to flatten and stretch it with the iron.  Frustrating and not what I would expect from a company like Brabantia.  Also it would be so helpful to have the different sizes of iron board cutting lines marked on it in the factory.  This would save all the performance of having to turn the board upside down and mark it out,  and would make sure it was long enough.