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Thanks for the recommendation. I already did the edges, as I was expecting at that time to fit a runner, although they do need another coat. To be honest, all I used was the same water based satin that I had been using for the woodwork and metal railings, partly so it would match and its what...

Thanks for this. Will check it out. I had originally been looking at Bostik Laybond, and this sounds similar, and is a similar price. I wouldn't need to take out anywhere near 10-15mm variation, the steps are much flatter than that, maybe a few mm variation at most. Its not actually...

It wasn't so much opinions about how it looks that I was looking for, more for advice/thoughts on the technicalities of fitting it/safety etc. Obviously my wife likes the idea and how it would look or I wouldn't have got as far as considering taking on all this extra work. Her opinion counts...

Not perfectly flat, but a lot flatter than the 200 year old upstairs floor that I have just laid it over. I had presumed that the floor adhesive is a little like tile adhesive and would take out the slight unevenness, but I have never used it before so I could be way off here. If I had to do...

It might look like that, but they are not. If you think about, in order for a stair to turn the treads need to be narrower on the inside. This results in the need for a diagonal cut at the start of the next riser, which would obviously be wider. You then need a diagonal cut at the next riser...

At first I would have thought the same, but a standard stitched carpet runner doesn't work on a curved staircase, because when it goes around the bends it needs to be wider in places. Stone substrate also complicates the securing of the runner a little. This is why I contacted carpet fitters...

Back again on this. Put my focus on finishing off the wood flooring in the upstairs rooms to avoid having to think about the stairs. My wife in the meantime has been phoning around for carpet fitters, but almost none of them are keen when you say its a carpet on stairs, and then when you tell...

This is the sort of thing that I thought might exist, but hard to know if the 7mm would be loose in the lock. Think you are right that it might be less hassle to get a new lock, as per my previous post I think its the lock not the handle that is the issue.

I found below online at https://www.willowandstone.co.uk/blogs/how-to-guides/understanding-spindles Is there a standard spindle size? Yes. The 'standard' thickness of a spindle is 7.6mm. Most UK latch manufacturers produce latch openings at 8mm to accommodate this. However, we know that there...

Yes, but in this case the difference appears to be big enough to cause play in the handle.

Thanks very much for all the replies folks, much appreciated. The only problem with getting another 7.6mm spindle (or imperial equiv), or filing down, is that its still going to be loose in the new handle, so I would still have to bulk it out on the ends. I presume you mean the square hole in...

Hi, Tried to replace a badly tarnished brass door handle (interior porch door with mortice lock), but the spindle on the old handle is 7.6mm, and the new handle has a spindle which on my calipers measures as 7.8mm. From what I can figure out from reading online, the modern standard is 8mm, so...

Thanks. I am with you on the filling and painting of the steps. Unfortunately my wife is not. :rolleyes: I already filled some of the rawl plug holes at the edges, where it would be exposed at the edges of the carpet runner, and painted over, and to me it looks fine and I reckon I could do the...

Thanks for the reply JobandKnock. I don't disagree. Every step, with the exception of the few straight steps at the top and bottom, will need to be cut to size. I also accept that will be reflected in the price for the job. The previous wall to wall carpet that was on these stairs, did have...

Just asking this question again, in the hope that there is someone out there that has some advice or experience of this, as I am having real trouble getting anyone to do this job. So far, the only thing we have been offered, is a carpet runner made from plain carpet, where each piece is cut...

Thanks JobAndKnock. I think you have misunderstood me. I am not saying that the runner, as supplied, is not of constant width. I'll try to explain this better. When you fit on a straight stair it can be fitted as one single piece. When you fit to a curved stair, you must cut the runner at the...

Updating my post above, my wife has decided that she would prefer a carpet runner but wants the type that you often see on straight staircases, with a stripe on either edge. Looking at a few videos online this seems to be quite a tricky thing to fit, due to the changing width of the runner as...

Hoping for some advice/opinions on the stone staircase in the picture. Coming towards the end of decorating this hallway, and the last thing to do is decide what to do with the stairs. It was previously covered with the same (I suspect thirty year old) wall to wall carpet that was also upstairs...

Good point. Not a good idea to scratch before cure! Actually, I tried a spoon on the existing coating and it scratched off, and it has never been a problem, so maybe this is too severe a test, or maybe I have too sharp a spoon!!

Thanks for the response Waynes I had went for the 123 as water based, thought it might be less toxic than BIN. Will be wearing a mask, but spraying in a fairly confined hallway. Good tip. I looked this up but seems hard to get, online order and doesn't say anything about adhesion. I probably...