Corner in stairs - matching stripes
Corner in stairs - matching stripes
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POIDH

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2,529 posts

86 months

Tuesday 16th September 2025
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New build stairs, 90* single turn across 5 steps. 1.1m(ISH) wide.
If I buy a 4m wide striped carpet which repeats every 60cm, will a carpet fitter be able to match the stripes?

POIDH

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2,529 posts

86 months

Wednesday 17th September 2025
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No carpet fitters on here?

Collectingbrass

2,601 posts

216 months

Wednesday 17th September 2025
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Even if they could, I wouldn't. When you come to shuffle the carpet to move the worn treads on to the face of the risers the pattern match will be nigh on impossible.

Or maybe you're not from Yorkshire...

sherman

14,765 posts

236 months

Wednesday 17th September 2025
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Striped carpet on stairs is an optical illusion accident waiting to happen as it can hide the steps as you go down

worsy

6,395 posts

196 months

Wednesday 17th September 2025
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Collectingbrass said:
Even if they could, I wouldn't. When you come to shuffle the carpet to move the worn treads on to the face of the risers the pattern match will be nigh on impossible.

Or maybe you're not from Yorkshire...
Is that a thing? Tighter than!

Grey_Area

4,296 posts

274 months

Wednesday 17th September 2025
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sherman said:
Striped carpet on stairs is an optical illusion accident waiting to happen as it can hide the steps as you go down
Damn, I wish you'd have told me that 12 years ago.

POIDH

Original Poster:

2,529 posts

86 months

Thursday 18th September 2025
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Indeed we had similar runner in a previous house, and no issues with stair edges / falling / etc.

The issue now is this is new-build and I think we need full width carpet....but we have decided to wait and leave bare wood stairs when we move in so we can look for a carpet in our own time, even see if a runner and painted stairs will work depending on what the stairs are made of / any damage to them.