Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Carpeted stairs with hardwood landing.
Image of carpet on stairs and hardwood on landing possible on the edge of recent projects.
Carpet that is too thick can be a tripping hazard so be sure to choose a low pile carpet if safety is one of.
Her home is a newly built spanish style home with modern touches throughout.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
Buy a piece of stair nosing long enough to cover the edge of the landing.
There are many important considerations for installing carpet on stairs so learn what these considerations are and what s best for your stairs.
Measure the length and width of the landing.
This is one project where not following the code can lead to potential serious slips and falls trust me i am an architect.
Calculation will flow better to install.
Hall stairs landing carpets re style your home s interior with our carpet ranges and collections.
A client who recently moved to the area asked me to help her update her home with a stair runner.
Designed to stairs existing pine stair has contracted the hardwood on landing tread you want a level on landing tread at least other person place.
If you decide to carpet your stairs be sure to consider the thickness of the carpet.
A word of caution for fellow diyers read up on the code for stairs.
It is nearer than i thought it would be.
Carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
Here is the finished nosing.
To hardwood on the stairs safe could stop anyone have carpeted.
In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
Here s how the old stairs looked.