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A lot of people don't realize they can have their stairway
re-carpet without re-carpeting the rest of the house. Your
stairway is made up of individual pieces of carpeting and can be
replaced along with your hallways if necessary, if they become
to run down. Your stairway and hallways are major traffic areas
in your house and will establish the most flooring damage.
Stop Damage to Carpeted Stairs
By Enrique Cleanotto
Carpets can take
a beating, but certain areas wear out faster. If your stairs are
carpeted, they are going to wear out much faster than the rest
of floor.
A carpet stair tread is a piece of fabric designed to be placed
on a wooden stair to protect the wood from excessive wear and to
provide additional traction. They differ from runners although
both perform basically the same purpose. The runner however is a
continuous piece of carpet that wraps up and over each stair
step. The stair tread sits on an individual step. Each tread is
a separate piece. The normal tread has less width than the step
so that the wood of the step shows on each end.
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Polished wooden stairways were common in older homes. The first
stair treads were developed to protect the stair way on a
temporary basis. These pieces of carpet were placed on the steps
during cleaning or times of heavy traffic. They could also be
used to protect the stairs during periods of inclement weather.
When conditions were back to normal, the treads could be removed
and the polished surface below was displayed again. There are
still some types of carpet stair threads that are backed
with heavy vinyl. They can be placed on the stair and
the non-slip vinyl holds them in place. |
They will not slide when
stepped on, but can be picked up easily when they are not wanted
or needed.
Most carpet stair threads today are designed to be permanently
attached in the same manner as regular carpet. There are special
carpet tacks designed to be used to fasten the carpet thread to
the step. The permanent carpet threads no longer serve as merely
a protection function. They become part of the overall
decorating theme of the staircase and the home itself. Temporary
stair treads are not overly concerned with color or style. They
are more concerned with toughness and durability. The permanent
ones come in a variety equal to floor carpeting.
One problem of carpet stair treads is cleaning. It is hard to
drag a vacuum cleaner up a flight of stairs and often the vacuum
cleaner head will be too wide to maneuver on the step. There are
several products designed for cleaning carpet treads. Most of
these are either hand held vacuum cleaners or attachments to a
larger upright or canister vacuum cleaner. If you have treads on
your stairs, it is important to make sure you have a good
cleaning tool. Cleaning and upkeep on the carpet stair tread is
as important here as on any other type of carpet.
Find
professional carpet cleaning services at
CarpetCleaningYeti.com.
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