When arranging the interior space of the house, you should take care of the safety of moving the stairs, especially if children or elderly relatives live here ...
A good solution is to use carpet for finishing the steps - a modern material that not only fits perfectly into the interior of the room, but also due to a special pile coating prevents slipping on the steps, which makes moving stairs is safe.
And on concrete stairs finished with carpet, the steps will become warm and comfortable even for barefoot children's feet.
Coating stairs with carpet has found its application not only in residential premises - it is widely and successfully used in offices, institutions, hotels, almost everywhere where the safety and comfort of visitors is concerned. We will tell you how to sheathe a staircase with carpet in our article.
When going to a carpet store to buy carpet, be sure to consider the following points:
Starting from the very top, determine the length of all risers and treads using a tape measure, add 4 cm to the size each rung, then add all the numbers.
If you are going to sheathe a swing ladder, use the outside edge to measure. To determine the width, measure the widest rung on the bend.
For an open staircase, add an additional 4 cm to the width of the steps to fold the covering.
IMPORTANT: The staircase must be sheathed with carpet from the upper platform to the lower riser.
What tools and additional materials will be needed for work:
Before starting work, unfold and unfold the carpet and leave for at least a day.
Also, before starting the sheathing work, the surface of the steps should be inspected. Small irregularities do not need to be removed, they will not be noticeable under the coating. If the edges are badly worn, it is better to restore them.
For wooden steps, use a planer, then build up the edges with wood planks secured with screws.
The edges of stone and concrete steps are restored with cement mortar. When it dries, additionally install metal corners.
ATTENTION :
The carpet is cut so that the fibers are parallel to the front edge of the steps
Today, the opinion is increasingly common that it is not necessary to put a substrate under the carpet: the coating is soft enough and independently hides the unevenness of the base. However, experts say the opposite: the underlay is an integral part of laying carpet, especially on stairs, where the permeability is very high.
Here are the main reasons:
The substrate is fixed with nails at sufficiently large intervals.
Nails are nailed onto the plywood in 2 rows, the material clings to them like hooks.
The final stage is to fix the covering with a rail, which is attached to the floor and keeps the carpet taut.
This type of laying is convenient to use for concrete stairs, although it is quite long and laborious. The steps are glued in turn, starting from the top.
Prepare the surface of the stairs by cleaning and priming it well;
We smear the steps with glue and put a pre-cut strip of carpet on it;
Firmly press the carpet to the step and iron it over the entire surface with a rubber-tipped trowel;
Carefully cut off excess coating.
The most affordable way of attaching the carpet to the stairs with your own hands.
Best for wide stair treads. The staircase is sheathed with a single sheet, which is fixed at the corners of the steps with rods.Then the rods are inserted into special rings.
The main advantage of this method is the ability to remove the carpet for cleaning and ventilation in the fresh air.
Separate rugs can be used instead of full carpet runners.
This gives a number of advantages:
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Posted By: Work Style |04, Nov 2020
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