carpet tacks::You need one piece at the back of each tread and one piece at the bottom of each riser carpet tacks

carpet tacks

carpet tacks

carpet tacks::You need one piece at the back of each tread and one piece at the bottom of each riser.
Mark the center of the pieces of tackless, and mark the center of the treads where the treads and risers meet at the back of the treads.
Attach one tackless strip at the back of the first tread.
The strip should be centered on the mark you made in step 1.
The tacks in the strip should face back toward the riser.
Attach one tackless strip at the bottom of the first riser.
The strip should be centered on the mark you made in step 1.
The tacks in the strip should face down toward the tread.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all the treads and risers to be covered by the runner.
Cut a piece of carpet pad for each tread.
The pad should end short of the tackless on riser below the tread.
Attach a piece of carpet pad to each tread.
Center the pad and butt it against the tackless at the back of the tread.
Repeat for all the treads.
Rub the pile of your runner with the palm of your hand.
Notice that the pile lays smoothly in one direction.
Face the rug with the pile laying toward you.
You will install the runner with the far end at the top of the stairs.
By doing this, you arrange for the pile to face down on the risers.
The pile catches less dirt this way, and the runner will last longer and look better.
Start the rug at the top of the stairs.
If starting the rug on the upper landing, cut a piece of carpet pad long enough to sit under the rug and extend down over the nose of the landing onto the riser below.
Staple the pad in place on the landing and on the riser.
The attachment of the end of the runner on the landing must be good and secure to be safe.
Smooth the rug down to the bottom of the riser and push it back tight into risertread corner so it is gripped by the tackless strips in the corner.
The runner should flow smoothly to the bottom of the riser.
Do not tuck it back under the nose of the tread and tight to the riser.
Be sure the runner is straight on the stairs.
Wrap the runner out and over the next tread and check that length used to cover the riser and tread combination is what you expected.
The runner should be solid in the corner, with the tacks of the tackless strips gripping it across its full width.
Continue down the stairs, doing each risertread combination in turn.
Finish the installation at the bottom.
Secure the end of the runner with carpet tacks as you did the top.
If the runner finishes at the bottom of the bottom riser, tuck the fringe behind and secure with a row of tacks across the end of the rug at the bottom of the riser.
If the runner is to run out a bit onto the floor at the foot of the stairs, put a piece of carpet pad under it, and secure the end and edges of the rug with a few carpet tacks.
carpet tacks::The carpet is placed over them and stretched to tightly
conform to the edges of the room carpet tacks