Carpet Tack Strip Installation On Stairs

This video will show you how to install carpet on your stairs for less than 1 10th of the cost to have it done professionally.

Carpet tack strip installation on stairs.

Cross section of stairs with carpet grippers underlay and carpet layed cut pieces of underlay to fit the tread and staple in place. You can attach carpeting to stairs using tack strips. Position the tack strip s center mark in front of the stair s center mark. First install a tack strip along the back edge with a distance between the riser and where you place it.

These will grip the carpet backing and hold it in place. The strip s pins point towards the stair. Fasten the carpet underneath the nosing of the tread with staples and wrap the carpet around the nosing and over the tack strip at the back of the tread. This video is a must see for d.

Start at the bottom of the stairs with the pile facing down the stairs so it doesn t get rubbed the wrong way as it s stepped on. Take your strip of carpet and roll it up with the underside facing out. Lay the first tack strip in front of the bottom stair. 1 measure the width of the tread which is flat.

Then you will place the pad down on the stairs and then you will place the carpet down. Use a nail gun with staple brads to fasten the carpet to the stairs. Installing carpet on stairs the right way. Move the tack strip back until it is about 1 inch in front of the stair.

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