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Open staircase/carpet issue, help....

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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    If there isn't enough room, 'plant on' what is needed at the front of each step to extend each one?

    I'm not sure if that makes sense written down :o
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  • Le_Kirk wrote: »
    1. Ask a carpet fitter if/how they would deal with it. It may not be possible given the standard way of using carpet gripper.
    2. Depending upon type of carpet, use an adhesive on the sloping section with carpet gripper on the tread.

    We have one coming round Monday, fingers crossed they have a solution!
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  • Doozergirl wrote: »
    If there isn't enough room, 'plant on' what is needed at the front of each step to extend each one?

    I'm not sure if that makes sense written down :o

    Nope no sense at all..... Hehe but that's probably just me! Do you mean extend the step somehow?
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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    edited 17 October 2015 at 7:59AM
    Nope no sense at all..... Hehe but that's probably just me! Do you mean extend the step somehow?

    Yes, exactly.

    Wood of a sufficient thickness fitted to the front of each step that forms the riser and extends each step so the 'riser' can sit on the next step down. Attached from underneath of the lower step and into the front of the upper one.

    I can't see exactly how shallow the staircase is for that to be feasible. Each step would still be the same size as it is now, so it wouldn't feel too strange.

    Fair to say it looks strange right now.
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  • andyhop
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    There doesn't appear to be enough of an edge on the stringers to extend forward. You would have been better glueing and pinning timbers on the rear and extending the step backwards - at least this way there would be no load applied to the front of the step which could fail - all would have been done better from the underside
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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    edited 17 October 2015 at 8:47AM
    andyhop wrote: »
    There doesn't appear to be enough of an edge on the stringers to extend forward. You would have been better glueing and pinning timbers on the rear and extending the step backwards - at least this way there would be no load applied to the front of the step which could fail - all would have been done better from the underside

    From the underside was my first thought and I was worried about stringers but I also thought that going from behind was obvious and that there was some gap between steps that made that 'impossible' for the builder. You might still need a bit of an extension, in which case you could cut a notch to go slightly in front - or go totally from the front.

    Ultimately, I think there is definitely a relatively simple solution that a carpenter would normally be intelligent enough to rectify after a scratch of the head, a quick cup of tea and something thicker than hardboard.

    I think the present result is really one of laziness, not impossibility. There is a solution and it will be obvious from looking at it in person.

    It would push their labour bill up - I wonder if they hadn't accounted for that particular challenge so just bodged it.
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  • Ruski
    Ruski Posts: 1,628 Forumite
    there isn't enough overlap on the stairs to put risers in.

    Really? Or is that just the builder telling you that?

    What is the size of each step? What is the overhang between each tread?

    Even if there is only 1/2 inch overlap (which it looks to be more from the photo) then putting risers in would be relatively easy.

    Russ
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  • I'll have a measure when we get home. They are quite narrow too so putting a riser in would mean less foot space. Got I wish I knew more about this stuff!!
    Ruski wrote: »
    Really? Or is that just the builder telling you that?

    What is the size of each step? What is the overhang between each tread?

    Even if there is only 1/2 inch overlap (which it looks to be more from the photo) then putting risers in would be relatively easy.

    Russ
    Recently married and loving it x
  • UKSBD
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    carpet up the slope too and you probably won't even notice it.
  • Ruski
    Ruski Posts: 1,628 Forumite
    edited 18 October 2015 at 8:37AM
    I'll have a measure when we get home. They are quite narrow too so putting a riser in would mean less foot space. Got I wish I knew more about this stuff!!


    The riser for each tread can be/is attached on the back face of the tread - nothing sits 'on top' of the tread - you don't lose any depth of the tread/'foot space'

    equal_treads.jpg

    HTH

    Russ
    Perfection takes time: don't expect miracles in a day :D
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