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Carpet on wrap staircase.
Wrap the carpet around each post.
The hollywood method and the waterfall method.
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.
Choosing carpet for the stairs can be a bit more difficult than choosing carpet for other areas of the home.
How to wrap a stairset.
Next make a slit directly in line with each post to the edge of the carpet away from the stair.
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.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
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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.
It has the same measurements for the tread and riser as a box stair combined 18.
There are two ways of installing carpet on stairs.
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.
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.
A stair that has one open side with railing posts on it is known as a cap stair.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
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First install the tread as described above.
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.