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Alternative to carpeting for stairs?
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I bought a £30 set of the carpet stair tread mats off Amazon as I'm in a rental with wooden stairs and have an elderly cat. They are absolutely brilliant.Officially in a clique of idiots1
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9 weeks on it seems I did, unlike Ivanka Trump it would appear.Ebe_Scrooge said:Slinky said:
Cracked skull, bleed on the brain and two cracked vertabrae in my case.Ebe_Scrooge said:Slipping and falling down a whole flight of stairs can cause some pretty nasty injuries.Ouch !!! :-( Did you survive?
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
We just moved into a house that has painted steps and then the vertical bit of each stair has been tiled with some jazzy coloured tiles. Looks quite nice, actually, but feels a bit more mainland Europe than UK for sure!
I don't know WHEN they last painted the stairs, but it certainly needs another lick now so that's something worth bearing in mind - I suspect paint on stairs degrades quicker than carpet does.
Haven't found it slippy, but I don't tend to walk around in just socks anyway.0 -
I simply removed our stair carpet, washed the stairs and gave them a coat of non-slip varnish. To be frank, though, they could do with some heavy sanding. That's a very intricate job on a staircase, and I just don't have the patience.
They are quite noisy, but not slippery.
A lot of stairs used to be painted, rather than varnished, and that would require less prep.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Laminate is a choice but noisy, vinyl planks another choice, anti slip vinyl tiles etc etcA thankyou is payment enough .0
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