How Do You Glue Carpet To Stairs?
Gluing carpet onto stairs will prevent wrinkles and loose carpeting from developing bumps across the stair rise of tread. Glue should never be used alone to install carpeting on a staircase, though it should be used with other attachment tools to hold the carpet more securely into place. Applying the glue is an easy process that will hold the carpet into place while you attach the piece more firmly. Place the tackless strips at the back of each tread and at the bottom of each stair rise. These pieces can be stapled into place with the staple gun and need to sit ½ inch from the corner where the tread back meets the bottom of a rise. Tackless strips will provide a secure carpet fitting to protect against the glue coming loose. Measure the carpet for the stairs by measuring the tread width and the overall length of the staircase. If you are draping the carpet roll over each stair tread and rise, measure accordingly. If you are only placing the carpet on stair treads, only measure the dept
