Stair carpet alternative

[Trevor Smith]

I am in the process of decorating the hall and stair way, I have ditched the stair carpet and I am thinking of an alternative in the line of a pad that fits on each tread but so far had no luck in finding anything suitable. Most of my searches seem to end in industrial sites which are to expensive and come with hard rubber non slip finishes with lovely reflective nosing's. I really prefer something in carpet or similar as to keep down the noise and wonder if anyone knows of a company/website that sells something like this. Regards Trevor Smith

[Guy King]

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You could make your own. Might involve a bit of work, but there's no reason why you couldn't make a bezel to fit round some carpet segments. Perhaps carpet tiles would be best suited, with a nice neat trim round them. If the treads are thick enough you could rout out a shallow tray for carpet tiles sections to fit on each step.

[Andrew Mawson]

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Most professional carpet shops have the ability to 'blanket stitch' the edge of loose carpets to stop them fraying. You could get your carpet cut to tread sized pieces and stitched. (Many carpet sample books have this edging)

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[Trevor Smith]

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Thats a good idea, I shall look into that. Thanks Trevor Smith

[Autolycus]

Still leaves the problem of the nosings. Do you have a pad on the tread, with a free edge at the nose? Seems a recipe for tripping. Or use edging strips? A recipe for slipping, perhaps? I suspect there's a good reason for stair carpet being laid the way it usually is. I prefer the appearance of it tucked under the nosing to the quicker/cheaper approach of stretching it straight from the tread/riser corner to the nose, but that's down to individual choice.

[Guy King]

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My piano teacher had carpeted her house with carpet book leaves all stitched together. Most odd.

[Andrew Mawson]

Not much money in teaching the Piano then !

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[Stuart Noble]

That's all most piano teachers can afford

[Guy King]

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Presumably not. Stern old bird called Lily Snipp. Just discovered while googling for her that she played for Princess Di's dancing lessons.

[garethholmes]

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[garethholmes]

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[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'm not quite sure what the difference is? With gripper board, you can use a runner or individual pieces.