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Carpet on wrap staircase.
There are two ways of installing carpet on stairs.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
A stair that has one open side with railing posts on it is known as a cap stair.
First install the tread as described above.
This is because in addition to having to decide on carpet style and color the carpet has to be of appropriate durability and thickness to be installed on the stair.
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The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
Next make a slit directly in line with each post to the edge of the carpet away from the stair.
You will need approximately 4 of carpet to cover the width to allow the carpet to flow through the posts and wrap around the outside of the stair.
Choosing carpet for the stairs can be a bit more difficult than choosing carpet for other areas of the home.
A stair stringer also called string or stringer board is the housing on either side of a flight of stairs into which the treads and risers are fixed.
It has the same measurements for the tread and riser as a box stair combined 18.
If the stair is open on the side with railing posts the carpet must be cut around each post and re joined on the other side.
If your stairs are open on one side or both sides and the carpet has to wrap around the outside edge of the staircase there is a possibility that with a berber some of the backings could show because the carpet is now being bent in the opposite direction.
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Wrap the carpet around each post.
Press it into the teeth of the tackless strip then wrap it over the stair nose trim it if needed to fit snugly against the riser carpet edge and staple it to the underside of the stair nose.
This is our stairs before.
How to wrap a stairset.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
The hollywood method tightly wraps the carpet over the edge the tread and around the nosing.