Hall stairs landing carpets.
Fitting carpet on stairs and landing.
Each staple should be about 1 inch.
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After finishing one stair you should repeat the process with every other step until you reach the top.
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It is best to get a carpet with a pile height of 1 2 inch or less and a carpet padding of 7 16 inch or less and a pile density rating of at least 8 pounds.
Fitting and caring for your new carpet.
When fitting stair carpet over a nose you must tack the carpet under it.
Having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
Tools you need for fitting stairs carpet staple gun with half inch staples and quarter inch width metal rule utility knife carpet stretcher fitting tool carpet tucker.
Unless you do this the carpet will stretch over the nose leaving a gap from the bottom of the riser to the top.
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Even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs.
Measure each landing on the staircase and add a little extra to account for installation to figure out how much carpet you need to cover the landing.
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Installing carpet on stairs the right way.
Installing carpet on stairs and landings is not any more difficult than installing carpet anywhere else in your home.
As you can imagine it is more difficult to wrap a thick carpet around the nosing and through the railing pickets.
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