Hi All, I will be having new carpet fitted to my landing and stairs in the next few weeks and I would like to prepare the stairs ready for the carpet fitters.
At the moment the stairs are completely bare, so I will be fitting carpet grippers and underlay and I have a few questions. I've done a search and found some old threads but they are over 10 years old so i'd just like to make sure techniques haven't changed.
1. Should carpet grippers be fitted to both the bottom of the riser and the back of the tread.
2. What should the gap be between the carpet gripper and the riser / tread.
3. Should both grippers point into the corner of the stairs (Where riser meets tread).
4. Should the underlay be fitted from gripper to gripper. Or just extend past the bull nose.
Thanks for any help
Matt
At the moment the stairs are completely bare, so I will be fitting carpet grippers and underlay and I have a few questions. I've done a search and found some old threads but they are over 10 years old so i'd just like to make sure techniques haven't changed.
1. Should carpet grippers be fitted to both the bottom of the riser and the back of the tread.
2. What should the gap be between the carpet gripper and the riser / tread.
3. Should both grippers point into the corner of the stairs (Where riser meets tread).
4. Should the underlay be fitted from gripper to gripper. Or just extend past the bull nose.
Thanks for any help
Matt