Wonky stair carpet

[TedStriker71]

Hi,

Recently had stair carpet replaced and the pile (?) of the new carpet doesn't line up with the front edges of the stairs, both in the straight and corner sections. Carpet fitter has said that this is due to the carpet being fitted straight at the edges of the stairs but that the carpet itself is not made perfectly at 90 degrees. Not sure how I feel about this as I'm pretty sure in the fairly large samples we saw, the pattern was a regular horizontal/vertical at 90 degrees. Have posted a few pictures of the worst sections below - any thoughts/comments please?

Thanks,
Ted

 

[opps]

I can see why you are annoyed. It would wind me up.

(I am not a carpet fitter) I assumed that the manufacturing loams run horizontally from one side to the other.

 

[dazlight]

Bad fitting that. A rushed job.

 

[foxhole]

Lack of attention to detail, or like my last fitter partially sighted (really).

 

[stevie888]

It doesn't look too good but may not be the fiters fault. Is it a a piece of stair carpet or pre-cut from a wider roll. Either the fitter woildn't have a lot of option but to follow the line of the stringer.

 

[pete01]

Looks alright to me....this time next week you wont even give it a thought...probably.

 

[opps]

It doesn't look too good but may not be the fiters fault. Is it a a piece of stair carpet or pre-cut from a wider roll. Either the fitter woildn't have a lot of option but to follow the line of the stringer.

I don't see how the strings can be the cause. Even if the strings had a slight bow, wouldn't the fitter just adjust the carpet fold accordingly?

I wonder if you are talking about the windings. AFAIK, they are normally cut from wider sections and, typically, the nose is parallel with the pile.

 

[Mottie]

Bad fitting that. A rushed job.

Someone on one of our local Facebook pages is having a lot more grief than that with a local carpet fitter. The fitter is blaming everything on the carpet and even the stairs!

 

[opps]

Someone on one of our local Facebook pages is having a lot more grief than that with a local carpet fitter. The fitter is blaming everything on the carpet and even the stairs!


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Wow. Was the fitter independent of the supplier?

 

[Mottie]

Wow. Was the fitter independent of the supplier?

Independent and he advertises on the local Facebook page. The poster has named him after him telling her to get another fitter to re-lay it and he would pay. She did that and now he's refused to pay - she has shown all text messages from him. All she could do is name and shame.

 

[dazlight]

When fitting loops you use a square / combination square to make sure the loops are straight. The fitter hasn’t done that as it’s running out. If you cut the sides with a loop pile cutter it’s a lot easier.

 

[stevie888]

I don't see how the strings can be the cause. Even if the strings had a slight bow, wouldn't the fitter just adjust the carpet fold accordingly?

I wonder if you are talking about the windings. AFAIK, they are normally cut from wider sections and, typically, the nose is parallel with the pile.

What I meant was, if he had a strip of carpet the width of the stairs, there isn't a lot he could do other than fit the carpet to the gap. If he had the width (and the inclination of course) then he could have rotated the carpet a bit to leave the p9ile run parallel to teh nosing.

 

[TedStriker71]

Thanks for all the replies!

We've had the fitter out and they have said that they lined the carpet up with the edges but that the carpet is not 'square'. The picture I've posted below would tend to disagree with that. It's a picture from above (yes, that is a chopping board) showing the angle between the carpet and the stringer. The fitter is a sub contractor of the shop we arranged the supply and fit of the carpet with. The shop are sending out a representative from the carpet supplier and have assured us that whatever the outcome, we will eventually have carpet that lines up with the stairs!

And to the person that said it looks ok, I hope you don't fit carpets for a living!

Watch this space...