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aemeijers wrote:
The dude wrote:
Anyone ever do this your self?

I want to add a padded carpet to the center of my stairs.
In the old days, they used brass rods at the base of each riser to hold
it in place. Personally, I consider it an abuse of hardwood, but if your
heart is set on it, I'd hire it out. Carpet laying is not as easy as it
looks, and getting it tight and square, and getting the outside rolled
edges of the carpet 'stripe' to lay right, takes special tools and a lot
of experience.

And no, you don't want to reuse the carpet out of the bedrooms.

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aem sends...
HA I was not planning on reusing the carpet.
I am looking to just do the center of the stairs, not the entire stair.
I can hire it out, but I was told it was an easy DIY project

My parents planned on doing only the center of the stairs, back in the
day. The carpet people talked them out of it. The logic went that unless
you love housecleaning, it's going to look awful most of the time. Much
more tedious to clean than full carpet or full hardwood.