First, check the care instructions to make sure that soaps won't damage the materials. It took him about an hour to rip out the old runner and install the new one.Much like your indoor rug, outdoor rugs can benefit greatly from a gentle scrub. He charged me $175! I would totally pay that again, worth the money. The second guy I called was a referral from a friend who just had her stair runner installed. One was a local carpet store and they quoted me $225. Q- How much did it cost to have the stair runner installed?Ī- I called two different people, ALWAYS get two bids. The trick is to do it right where the two steps meet tougher. If you stand back you do not notice it at all. I did have a lot extra and had the one end that was cut bound again so I could use it in my hall! Q- Do you notice the seem where they piece the two rugs together?Ī- No and yes. We have 11 steps and I ordered- (with calculating the extra two feet) I ordered one- 2.5 x 8′ and one- 2.5″x 12′. I shared a little video as our new stair runner was being installed on my Instagram Stories- these were the questions I received- Q- Where is your new runner from?Ī- It is from Annie Selke, from her Dash and Albert Line- you can find my exact runner HERE.Ī- They do not make runners long enough for my steps (or most steps). He would run that tool all across after each step was done over the staples and hit some in if they were noticeable. Also he used a tool (I took a picture of) to smooth in the staples and push the runner in tight. In the crack between each step then also UNDER the nose of the step! This keeps the staples hidden and holds the stair runner in place. I watched as he installed the carpet and he did staples in a couple of spots. Mistake #4- Putting the staples in the wrong spot. He stapled the rug pad FIRST on every step before applying the actual stair runner. He left about an inch on each side under the runner where there was no pad, allowing the runner to lay flat. He did not wrap it around the nose of the step. After watching our carpet installer- he cut pieces of a carpet pad about 1/4″ thick for the tops of the steps ONLY. I originally only used a non-slip rug grip based off of the tutorials I saw. Make sure to use actual carpet padding for the tops of each step. Any flat landing is obviously extra and I always recommend adding 2 feet just in case. This is the formula for measuring your stairs- Measure the rise and the run of your stairs multiplied by the number of stairs total. It did not go over the bottom step or up to the top rung. Order 2 feet EXTRA of the runner! The first time I ordered the runner for our stairs we did not have enough. You all helped me pick it! I love the black and white, classic. Easy to keep the lines straight vs the small horizontal runner (and if it is a thin runner it is harder to keep straight like ours). We did THIS runner from Annie Selke from her Dash and Albert line in a vertical stripe. “Learn from our Mistakes when installing a Stair Runner!” I hired someone this time and can not believe all that I learned! So I thought I would share 4 really helpful tips so you don’t make the same mistake we did when installing and selecting your stair runner. Now, about 2 1/2 years later we decided the stair runner needed to be replaced. But it did keep us safe, and no one slipped again, so it did it’s job. It looked bad and like a total DIY #fail. It really did not turn out how we expected. We went and got a new staple gun and got after it! In an hour we had a new stair runner! YAY! But not so fast. We watched a couple tutorials on how to install stair runners on our own. So in a haste I ordered a runner for our stairs as fast as I could for the cheapest I could find it (because we were bleeding money on bathroom remodels and kitchen). Although I loved the look of the simple wood steps, I didn’t want our lives to be risked in our own home. Within a day or two of us moving into our new home, we quickly realized we needed a Stair Runner, some protection! ALL of us slipped down the stairs more than once.
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