easy carpet pad for steps HOW TO

[@bsmbB]

We wrap tread to riser. Just cut 3 strips as wide as the steps smallest step wall to wall one 6 footer will do 5 steps and trim and staple as you go its faster and looks neater when the carpet is installed. Then row find the carpet to a good balance point and i like using the stretcher for stairs

[@elchekin12]

What kind of razor are you using???

[@elchekin12]

I mean what brand?

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

Only the best. www.fbsb.store/product/1-box-of-100-round-end-carpet-blades/43

[@27bri27]

Quick question. Would you still use underlay if you only intend to carpet the treads, and not the risers? Staple under the bullnose? Thanks

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

yeah your carpet will last alot longer and feel better to walk on

[@27bri27]

FloorsbySouthernboys thank you

[@WILSON0o6]

I usually, Keep one of the older pad off the step that fits good to template. I keep pad steps in one piece rather cut up. billion different ways to do padding lol

[@Lilfabo124]

How you cut that pad in a straight line so easy🤔

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

fabian cheeseman 😂Lotta practice, a lot of practice

[@Lilfabo124]

Well your good at what you do mate I need to do my stairs am going to give it a go. do you have any tips Do I need a staple gun?

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

fabian cheeseman Yes or you will need a staple gun, thank you for the compliment I appreciate it

[@Lilfabo124]

FloorsbySouthernboys ok thanks, I will let u know how I get on

[@Lilfabo124]

Cheers 👍🏽

[@seth-tf6sk]

the best thing to do is cut it 1/4 short on the side and cut a long pieces of pad like 15 feet and roll it up like carpet it and roll it down the steps once you cut the back you have a clean cut to flip it on the next step you stretch the side where it was 1/4 short that way your only making one cut vs many other cuts

[@bsmbB]

So what do you do with rest of the pad? A typical 13 step 36 wide flight of stairs only needs a 63 inch piece of pad to do the whole flight done the way shown in the video. Even if you pad the nose and tread you only need a 90" piece for said steps. Even if its wide 40" steps 15ft of pad is waaayyy too much and with some padding being around $300 a roll you would be fired real fast. It doesnt take 10 yards to do any normal residential stairs even with 15 40" steps and a 6' landing I wouldn't use that much

[@micknorton5744]

any reason you dont wrap pad around the nose?

[@micknorton5744]

specifically just the front of the bull nose

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

Mick Norton no sir, i just let the pad go over the edge a little bit so you don’t feel the wood, really no difference

[@dustystinson1891]

No tackstrip at the back of the step?

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

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[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

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[@juanbadillo1373]

Theres no right way on doing this as long as its placed right i work in flooring for living sometimes i wanna do it one way sometimes another one as long as it gets done right he did a great job showing plp his way if you dont like it upload your own videos

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

Juan Badillo Thank you sir

[@gabrielschultz89]

There is a wrong way to do this.

[@Dave-xr4iz]

Fast!!? Didn't know you had to take a maths test and do 50 cuts..... Fit the underlay gripper to gripper. that's how we do over the pond in the uk that's quicker.

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

sausage man it's a good thing this wasn't a math test because I would have surely failed did you notice when I was counting by nines I messed up LOL

[@Dave-xr4iz]

FloorsbySouthernboys haha, I just cut the width of the stairs off the length of the underlay and that's it normally I'll get about 4 stairs out of that. plus I never gripper the sides of stairs

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

sausage man i hear you, i like to tack strip the sides so i can stretch the steps side to side as well up and down i have seen more steps with wrinkles going vertical than horizontal ,stretching side to side prevents that

[@Dave-xr4iz]

FloorsbySouthernboys oh right, if I start fitting stairs and they don't sit flat on the tread i just spray the underlay and the back of the carpet that normally sorts the problem out for me. Do you power stretch your rooms?

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

sausage man yes sir and any closet big enough to fit my stretchers in I only use my Kicker when I have to I've been doing this over 25 years and I like to work the easy way Floor Covering is hard on your body long term so I always use my stretchers

[@shawngilbert4900]

I like that.

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

William S Gilbert 😀👍

[@Lance57H]

Good video, but I prefer to do the first cut a little bit short (1/8 of an inch) and then staple one side of the stairs and stretch the rest of it over then staple down the front. I find its the fastest way for me at least because you have one less cut that way and it saves even more time and it saves materials too.

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

True

[@Gas_Mask_Mike]

Your last couple measurements were off. Left you with an 8” & a 10”.

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

Michael Vandermuss I know 😂

[@blummy9089]

Math is hard.

[@kontajisify]

My way is faster. cut to the inside of the tackstrip and leave the piece whole. cut as you go. no need to cut all those pieces

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

Jesse Stephens You’re exactly right

[@hgomex83]

Jesse Stephens yeah I do it that way too, much better

[@thebucketlist5061]

The last piece is 10 inches but shhh nobody will notice X)

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

TheBucketList Ha ha ha ha, the comment right under yours from sausage man I pointed that out to him LOL not many people have noticed that , Good on you for paying attention!!

[@freewoodencrosses]

he made an addition error 45 + 9 = 54 not 53.... Seriously, I would not hire him

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

Dennis Adams Congratulations you are the first person that has caught that

[@juanbadillo1373]

Well dont plp make mistakes quit hatting on plp you act like you never made mistakes

[@garymcgarity9839]

I would fire my helper. First of all why would you waste time cutting step by step. Second I could go on and on. I feel bad for anyone who hiring this individual for so many reasons.

[@seth-tf6sk]

the best thing to do is cut it 1/4 short on the side and cut a long pieces of pad like 15 feet and roll it up like carpet it and roll it down the steps once you cut the back you have a clean cut to flip it on the next step you stretch the side where it was 1/4 short that way your only making one cut vs many other cuts

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

seth That’s a great idea

[@johnbrumit7148]

your comment just made me change the way I pad stairs. I was taught to pad one stair at a time. I think you just saved me hours per week. thanks

[@FloorsbySouthernboys]

John Brumit That’s nice

[@bobbierice8687]

That's exacty how I do it