How to Install a Stair Runner
We have a gorgeous staircase in our home with our new hardwood floors. However, it was a slippery danger zone! In fact, my husband fell down the stairs (don't worry, he was okay)! Once that happened, we knew we had to add a stair runner to make it safer.
You can check out all of the steps & tips over in this blog post.
Here are our stairs before. They were beautiful, but a tad slippery.
You’ll first want to make sure that you order enough fabric for your runner. To calculate this, measure the length of the tread, the height of the riser, and the depth of the nose. Adding all of these together and multiplying that sum by the number of stairs will give you the total length that you need to buy for your runner.
We put a carpet pad under our runner to give it more cushion and to help it stay in place better. Cut your carpet pads for each step and apply it with carpet tape.
We have a landing on our stairs, so we made sure to add carpet pad there too.
Because of that landing, we had to put two runners together on an angle. We cut the ends of two runners at a 45 degree angle and mitered the corners. These were joined together with carpet adhesive and an iron.
I used a nail gun and my air compressor to add staples underneath the lip of the stair and at the base. This kept my stair runner nice and snug and secure.
Here's what it looks like now! A lot safer and it really does feel good on the feet.
For all of the supplies (including a link to the stair runner we used) and more tips, head over to this blog post.
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The runners look askew on the stairs but good job.
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Love it! Great job!
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Is your rail all metal? Please tell me where you purchased it? Ty!!