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Stair carpet just on the treads
Has anyone got any experience of this, ie just having the carpet on the
treads, not the usual 'waterfall' carpet? We have a very nice oak staircase which at the moment is covered by carpet completely. My ideal would just be to have it as wood, but I'm worried it will be slippery and very noisy. Any thoughts appreciated. -- Murphy's ultimate law is that if something that could go wrong doesn't, it turns out that it would have been better if it had gone wrong. |
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Stair carpet just on the treads
On 27/10/2010 14:02, GB wrote:
Has anyone got any experience of this, ie just having the carpet on the treads, not the usual 'waterfall' carpet? We have a very nice oak staircase which at the moment is covered by carpet completely. My ideal would just be to have it as wood, but I'm worried it will be slippery and very noisy. Any thoughts appreciated. http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/l...ndex_14976.htm is one solution. |
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Stair carpet just on the treads
On 27/10/2010 14:02, GB wrote:
Has anyone got any experience of this, ie just having the carpet on the treads, not the usual 'waterfall' carpet? We have a very nice oak staircase which at the moment is covered by carpet completely. My ideal would just be to have it as wood, but I'm worried it will be slippery and very noisy. Any thoughts appreciated. I think you need *something* on it. If you put individual pieces of carpet on the treads, they'll need fixing down well, and will also need to be taken round the nose of each step, and stapled on the underside - otherwise they'll be a trip hazard. Have you thought of using a strip of carpet (waterfall fashion ) which is narrower than the staircase, and held in place by stair-rods. That way, you will still see a few inches of oak either side of the carpet. -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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Stair carpet just on the treads
PJ wrote:
On 27/10/2010 14:02, GB wrote: Has anyone got any experience of this, ie just having the carpet on the treads, not the usual 'waterfall' carpet? We have a very nice oak staircase which at the moment is covered by carpet completely. My ideal would just be to have it as wood, but I'm worried it will be slippery and very noisy. Any thoughts appreciated. http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/l...ndex_14976.htm is one solution. Hmm, not quite the elegant solution I was looking for I was thinking about Roger's suggestion, and I just wondered if there is any alternative. Thank you both. -- Murphy's ultimate law is that if something that could go wrong doesn't, it turns out that it would have been better if it had gone wrong. |
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Stair carpet just on the treads
On Oct 27, 2:02*pm, "GB" wrote:
Has anyone got any experience of this, ie just having the carpet on the treads, not the usual 'waterfall' carpet? We have a very nice oak staircase which at the moment is covered by carpet completely. My ideal would just be to have it as wood, but I'm worried it will be slippery and very noisy. *Any thoughts appreciated. A good non-slip flooring varnish works. NT |
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