YAWN - measuring for stair carpets

I think that our stair carpet is cut for each individual stair, but cant be sure. if this is the case it is much easier & cheaper.

are you getting someone it to measure for you? they usually work it all out for you, or did for us. We were left with a few strips that can b used to replace damaged stair carpet pieces (allegedly)

I have just been and had a close look at the stairs. I am sure there is not a fold at the bottom/back of each stair, I would say it is cut. I guess it depends on the type of carpet and whether there is a patten. Ours is plain.

I'm wanting stripes, ideally!

I wonder if having each one cut would increase fitting costs? I have no idea! Ha!

I'll get someone round to measure and quote eventually but we're right at the beginning of our 'get the house on the market' project so I'm just trying to budget at the minute.

Kharv I don't have a picture but in the house I lived in till I was 4, my parents couldn't afford full stair carpet so they got offcuts and had a different colour per step - I recall it being really rather funky!!

But that aside, I think your theory is a good one - no harm in getting someone to measure though, no matter what early stage you are at. Good customer service would tell them to be good to you now because you'll remember them then when you actually come to buying (or you just lie about what stage you're at!!)

Do you need carpet, could you paint them then just have a runner? Presume these are sold specifically in narrow widths? I've seen stair carpets with a sort of pattern at the edges so they must make specific stair carpets.

What's on them at the moment?

Fitters charge more for stairs than a flat floor anyway. I would pop into a carpet shop and ask. If they are

not helpful then at least you know not to go back there when you aee ready to buy.

I've just had a close look at our stairs (what I do to avoid leaving for work!) And it looks to me like each is a strip that's then 'tucked in' at the top so it looks neat and continuous. Would need slight longer for each stair to allow for cutting etc

Unfortunately we do need full carpet - the stairs aren't much cop underneath. It's full carpet at the moment. Horrible red/orangey type stuff that was there when we moved in.

I will get someone round but we have a million things to do before then - including plastering the whole hall, stairs etc. Urgh.

Thanks everyone - I think I'm going to base my budget on being able to have joins - it looks a lot more purse friendly that way

You CAN buy stair carpet to fit i believe and not have billions of offcut. Mummy Flow got one

Is it literally just the stairs you need? Not the hallway or landing too? Because that would use up the other half of your 4m width iyswim?

I'm including the tiny top landing in the 10m. We don't need the bottom landing as that's going to be tiled.

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One of the parents at the nursery is a carpet fitter and when I asked him about redoing my landing/stairs they tend to cut it half way anyhow to fit it properly and then join it up.. I couldn't tell you where the join is in mine..

p.s google carpet auctions in your area I went to a carpet auction got a 36ft roll that did 2 double rooms and a box room with plenty of offcuts for £180 incl the auction fee.