stairway carpet

[John Dirks Jr]

I called out some loose carpet in a stairway last week. The carpet was cut in individual pieces, one for each rise/run. It was held down with tack strips only and was popping loose in several places.

I was just wondering, shouldn't the carpet for the stairs be one continuous piece?

[carle3]

No, carpet layers will typically cut a piece to cover just a few treads at a time. It would be to difficult to work with a 12 foot runner.

[chrisprickett]

Originally posted by carle3

No, carpet layers will typically cut a piece to cover just a few treads at a time. It would be to difficult to work with a 12 foot runner.

???

Not my experience at all. With the exception of some much older ( and worn out) jobs, the tread, nose and riser are all covered. Its usually not done in one piece, but it ends up looking that way.

[carle3]

That was the meaning I meant to convey in my post [:-boggled

[chrisprickett]

Originally posted by carle3

That was the meaning I meant to convey in my post [:-boggled

I swear I read that totally different at 5:30 this morning! My bad!