This is a great carpet to buy from.
Carpet around spindles.
It would be kind of crazy to have it under the spindles but strange things happen.
Leave half an inch cover.
Pull the carpet over the side in front of the riser.
Whenever you are stretching your carpet into place on your stairs make sure that seams are created between each of your spindles.
If you find any use the drill driver to drive the screws in tighter.
Then wrap the top around the bottom of the tread s nose.
When all the padding is attached you ll need to make a template and cut the carpet to fit.
Well you could put it in around the spindles but will have to make some very precise cuts.
Fitting flooring around stair rail spindles we are getting some hardwood flooring installed in parts of the house we are moving to.
Hit the end of the chisel hard with a hammer to cut through the carpet and pad.
Move the chisel to one side and hit it again to cut through the carpet.
You could notch the pieces around the spindle and make sure the joint between two boards are somewhere between the edges of the spindle for easier cutting.
Push the carpet away from the base of the spindle and check for screw holes.
Even if the edges aren t completely down you will still be able to see how the carpet is forming around your balusters.
You can accomplish this with a glue gun.
Wrap the carpet pad around the front edge of the steps and down the riser.
Continue positioning the chisel around the.
Usually the carpet is placed around the spindles not under the spindles.
It may have been so well done that it just looks like the carpet is under the spindles.
The carpet will need to be clipped along the edge.
Use glue to fix it.
A flooring company quoted an extra 700 to have the stair railing removed and re installed after the flooring installation was complete and over a hundred dollars for bull nose trim material.
You should be able to get the carpet loose from the stairs and just pull it way from the spindles.
Here is a technique for installing carpet around balusters spindles or rails the carpet we are using today is called moleskin by beaulieu a canadian company.
You would need to be very careful in the cut so it is a very tight fit.
Smooth and stretch the pad so that it fits tightly against both the tread and riser then staple pad to riser.