HOW TO FIT CARPET ON STAIRS, UNDERLAY AND GRIPPERS

[@homeimprovements]

Links in the description for the tools required

[@wulfsheadbladesmiths6666]

40 years as a builder, laid a fair bit of carpets on floors but never stairs. Thanks for your tutorial it made my son's and my morning a hell of a lot simpler

[@homeimprovements]

No worry’s mate thanks for watching 😊💪🏼

[@waiharbennett6162]

I am an old lady but still like to do DIY job around the house, I have watched your videos many times and yet I have not got around to do it myself. But will have a go, thank you for your clear explanation. you lot are so funny and yet so professional. Love it 🤪🤪🤪

[@homeimprovements]

That is awesome! Thanks 😁😁😁

[@waiharbennett6162]

@@homeimprovements Hi again, may I ask if the upstairs landing carpet and underlay cover the top first step of the stairs where the riser and tread meet where the grippers are. (not sure how to explain, hope you understand what I am trying to ask), if possible give me the link showing carpeting the landing with the top step of the stairs please.

[@homeimprovements]

The landing covers the top riser then you start the stairs 😁😁

[@tonymorse4573]

Great video, just did mine today, and it doesn't look bad at all, it took me all day just to do the stairs hahah but couldn't of did it without this video, love your videos, you're a good bunch of lads. thanks you.

[@freddiemercury8700]

Much obliged. Greetings from Casablanca Morocco to my beloved nation, the Brits.

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks 😁😁

[@williamfarquhar6305]

First time carpeting stairs...done a good job thanks to this video..cheers lads

[@homeimprovements]

Awsome to hear mate 😁😁👌🏼👌🏼

[@paulallen3031]

It's good to see a proper old school comb over you don't see them anymore 🤘

[@dalebenton3354]

Im ordering my new Carpet tomorrow for my hallway and stairs,After all the painting and decorating been finished,Ive laid a stairs carpet before,Bit of a tough Job,Get them to fit it all down,Seems as free fitting included,Saves me a Job,Then for the rest of the year,Im be carry on working,Earning my wages and going easy on the pennies now days

[@mandeeplalli4653]

Thanks to this video got it done all in few hours only one on KZbin explaining the grippers properly

[@homeimprovements]

😊🙏🏼

[@jonathanpotts5466]

Thanks so much for the advice guys, stairs came out a treat!

[@homeimprovements]

Great to hear!

[@JuliaLavender-x2d]

Off to attempt this tomorrow. Wish me luck 😂 defo found this to be the most concise video not having any stair carpet fitting at all. Thanks!

[@homeimprovements]

Good luck 😁👏🏼👏🏼

[@tylerfursland2710]

@julia lavender. Let us know how it goes

[@JuliaLavender-x2d]

@@tylerfursland2710 Nearly done! Thanks for the brilliant video, I think I'd have cut the carpet too short without it 😅

[@cronut7113]

Good video. I recommend a rubber hammer for hitting the carpet into the gripper gap, saves a lot of muscle ache. Also may have been useful to talk about pile direction.

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for the comment 😊👍🏼 we did actually cover it but was lost while editing well get it in the next one 😊👌🏼

[@cronut7113]

@@homeimprovements no problem. I think if i never fit a staircase before this would've been a very good starting point video. :)

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks that’s much appreciated 😊

[@richardmcgreary6368]

Nice one fellas! Proper job 😊

[@sarwat1913]

Brilliant video. Could you do a video on how to use left over carpet rolls to fit in an area where afew joints are required please?

[@kathrynblake4751]

I'm desperate to change the carpet in my hallway when I redecorate due to colour change and you've given me the confidence to give it a go. Thanks lads

[@kathrynblake4751]

Sorry question already, how do you do the top step, do you over hang a bit from landing?? Probably sounds like a silly question but makes sense in my head 😂

[@tonyrea1010]

Nice to see you doing the job without smashing it in with hammer . They say start bottom and go upwards , although in 50 years I have never done this or any other fitter ever. Great job guys 👍

[@homeimprovements]

Thank you so much. Appreciate it 👍🏻

[@paulhughes6816]

Thanks for all your help done my Hall and stairs 3 winders and a bull nose. Couldn't of done it's without your help

[@homeimprovements]

Nice work! 😁👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Dustii91]

You got a subscriber out of me lads, appreciate it. Right laugh watching you guys have a giggle whilst getting a channel going😂👌🏽 Keep it up and thanks for the tips

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks mate appreciate the feedback 🙌🙌🤗

[@Stephens8x6Workshop]

Thanks guys, that was extremely helpful. All the best 🙂

[@homeimprovements]

No problem thanks for taking the time to comment 😊😊😊

[@dustingreenhill9711]

Spot on video gents thanks

[@naomib-h4857]

I watched this vid and manage to lay my stair carpet. Thanks 😊

[@homeimprovements]

Glad we could help 😊😊😊😊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Ben-zn8pe]

Doing stairs looks quite hard but I’ll give it a go. Cheers for the video

[@dimavak]

Very helpful vid, good work lads!

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for the comment 🙌🔥 Feedback means a lot to us have a great day.

[@Fatima83Zahra]

Genuinely confused about why some people are moaning & feel the need to be rude! 🤔 Keep up the DIY videos....novices like me appreciate it very much!

[@homeimprovements]

Thank you for your comment much appreciated 🙌🙌

[@166Roberto]

Thank you guys 👍

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@tomdolan2606]

Thanks guys, big help.

[@homeimprovements]

Happy to help! Thank you for your positive feedback 👍🏻

[@alfredwild2093]

Thanks, nice and clear!

[@homeimprovements]

Glad you liked it!

[@MikhailK-u6b]

Hi Guys! Great Video!!! I've got a question though. Don't we need gripper at each side of stairs? In some videos I saw people are putting grippers vertically on raisers in addition to horizontal ones. Thanks for advice!

[@homeimprovements]

You don’t but it’s a good addition on winders and obsticals 😊

[@slipstream269]

great video guys, informative and entertaining. How would you finish the carpet on the landing where the banister spindles are as there's no wall to tuck in to. would you put a trim on the edge to stop any fraying? cheers

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks 🤩 either a single door bar or gripper 20/30mm back then fold carpet edge and stick against spinels 😊

[@alimo3683]

Thanks👍

[@homeimprovements]

No problem 👍😁

[@danielmcclure9345]

I have taken every smoke detector down in my house because of the beep in this video. I was going to call the doctor. Thought I'd developed a new tinnitus. Every time I come to watch the video, it beeped. I have sat with every detector in the house on my shoulder, couldn't weigh up how they beeped without batteries. It's taken half an hour to suss this 😂 Grand video by the way 👍

[@JohnBee-jx3qi]

Not very bright are you

[@estherkasozi4202]

Awesome video

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks we appreciate the comment 🔥

[@joshrea6554]

More carpet fitting videos please 😊

[@homeimprovements]

Coming up 😊😊

[@machargs123]

Pure professionals at work

[@fenton895]

Ah it’s simply brilliant

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks your feedback we appreciate it

[@dannyhardy3295]

So no grippers on the treads sideways along the stringer? what are you tucking the sides into?

[@BintAhmedH20]

Camera quality is brilliant ! Thanks guys 🙌🏽

[@homeimprovements]

Your welcome 🤗 hope you enjoyed the video .

[@charliechimples]

Great vid thanks for sharing. 🐵

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for the nice comment 🙌🙌

[@Billy-k1y]

If Harry kane wasn't a footballer 😂. Just about to tackle my staircase. Cheers lads

[@jrwharton55]

What about nose on step how's that put into shape?

[@liamcfitness]

Can you tell me where I can get those ore screwdrivers I fit bottom up but can’t find them

[@homeimprovements]

Carpet awl will get them up for you 😊

[@MrJonah53]

We used to live in the South East, and any stair carpet we had fitted, was always folded round, and fixed under each step. We moved to the Midlands, and fell out with the carpet fitters, because they hadn't fitted the carpet the way we were used to. Having had them back, to do it our way, they agreed that it looked better. Any thoughts?

[@homeimprovements]

Comes down to area and what’s done this is common in Essex but we have done the other style a few times when requested

[@RosieVonD]

This is the second of your carpet videos that I've watched and you guys are jokes. love it. 🙌In the previous (box room) carpet laying video, you mentioned pile of the carpet on the stairs? Which way would you recommend and how can you tell the direction of the pile if it's kinda short and doesn't move around too much. Does that mean it doesn't matter about direction too much? Thanks again! x

[@homeimprovements]

how to measure 📐 for stairs video. It explains pile directions. 🙌🙌 Thanks for watching I know we crazy 😜

[@RosieVonD]

@@homeimprovements forgot to mention that I found it straight after 🤭🤦 thanks for sharing all the info. makes me feel like even *I* can do it (not sure that's a good thing! 😊)

[@user-wt6iu3kp7x]

Can you use 10mm underlay on a landing to lay a tartan carpet

[@homeimprovements]

Yep 😊

[@hammond5594]

What if you have brackets fitted to your stairs for support as they are old stairs how do you get a nice finish when the grippers can only be in the centre as the brackets stop it going all way across each step

[@georgiaharris8593]

I love that tv wall did you do that to? 👌🏻👌🏻

[@homeimprovements]

Yes we also did that. Would you like us to do a video for this?

[@footsteps1988]

I would appreciate it aswell please x

[@mc1703]

any suggestions on how to transition from laminate flooring to carpet on the stairs (at the top of the stairs)?

[@homeimprovements]

Z bar works great if it’s set back 30/40mm 😊👌🏼👌🏼

[@JR-1983]

I'd go with a little step nosing, if you have laminate on the landing and carpet on the steps. Z-bar would be fine if it carpet on the landing laminate on the steps.

[@BODGE71]

Great video. How do you calculate the correct pin size on the rods?

[@homeimprovements]

Usually the pins are pre set in gripper . We always recommend 15-20mm ringshanks thanks for the comment 😊

[@BODGE71]

@@homeimprovements But wont you use grippers with different sized pins depending upon how thick the carpet is?

[@homeimprovements]

Nope grippers vary in quality but there pretty much set and will work across all carpets as they are only designed to hold the backing not the pile 😊👍🏼

[@keithcarthy1893]

@@BODGE71 there's only 2 lengths, short pin or standard pin grippers

[@jackoriordan522]

Did you lot do the panelling aswell

[@homeimprovements]

Yeah . Will be doing a film soon 😊

[@WarwickkkT101]

So you don't use the kicker when you're laying top of the stairs down?

[@homeimprovements]

Nope bolster puts enough tension 👌🏼👌🏼

[@mehdijt]

is the underlay 7mm or 12mm?

[@timekiller7020]

had no carpet on stairs for like 2 years, the grips remain, my feet ... hurt alot o.O will a long edge bolster do?

[@homeimprovements]

Sure just be careful if it’s sharp otherwise your split the carpet 😊

[@AndrewHall-h5m]

Done this but my carpet is bubbled up. Any ideas on how to stop it bubbling?

[@homeimprovements]

May need more stretch 😊

[@AndrewHall-h5m]

@@homeimprovements thanks chicken nugget.

[@johnhayes5242]

Never heard pile direction mentioned, didn't crimp the sides over, helps to stop it scratching fresh paint on the risers and helps the risers sit better without creasing. When you put it over the nose you didn't crease it first before chiselling it in.

[@danielboard7097]

You don’t tend to fold sides over unless it’s an open ended stair

[@onurgombul3273]

👊🏻

[@timothyfield8327]

What carpet did you use please

[@homeimprovements]

Will try get the name 😊

[@timothyfield8327]

@@homeimprovements thankyou

[@simonleigh7233]

You didn’t mention some important factors. Firstly that gripper has to be fitted in the correct way as the metal spikes are pointing in a particular direction. Sec9ndly the carpet pile has a direction and this must be laid correctly And lastly you need to talk about winders and half landings too.

[@venomousgamers8943]

Why haven’t you made a video on it then mush

[@EnglishOak001]

Do I need a nail gun as well?

[@garylaheji6977]

Put your underlay down before cutting the gripper over the laminate in the lounge just saying😜

[@homeimprovements]

Appreciate the advice 😊

[@bradlewzey3567]

Brad u keep teaching people to do their own job we'll all be out of a job lol

[@homeimprovements]

Looking to do this full time mate tbh. 😂😂 wanna get of the tools soon 🔜

[@JorgeSanchez-bx2pb]

Weres the rubber hammer thats so much work lol

[@homeimprovements]

Left it at home 🤣🙈

[@jesslorenzana7193]

Why don’t you put tackstrip on the edges?In acouple months those stairs going to have wrinkles.I know cause I fix carpet installers work.

[@alexbell6527]

You don't show gripper on the sides , but when fitting carpet it's there. ??

[@MalamuteMan1]

What's he done? Drawn his hair on with a marker?

[@homeimprovements]

Basically

[@Vinny200]

I had a guy do my stairs, and he cut rectangles for the underlay so it was a small piece on each step, rather than going over the step. Also, I can feel the grippers through the carpet. Well annoyed. 4 year old daughter has cut her feet on the pins many times. Grr.

[@cianmcsweeney8134]

If u can feel grippers through the carpet spend more money on carpet it’s cheap

[@colwilpro]

Please put a fresh battery in that smoke alarm!

[@homeimprovements]

💪🏼

[@colwilpro]

​@@homeimprovements is Cosi a good underlay fir stairs? I'd like one with good soundproofing.

[@homeimprovements]

We’ve had no issues used it for 5/6 years

[@jameswhinery4456]

Those stair are going to be so loose. Need to start bottom set on pins kick tread to rise set and continue up. Never wrinkle or loosen up . Your welcome

[@homeimprovements]

Incorrect been doing this long enough to know they will be fine and yes we can fit bottom up

[@M_khan82]

At least you could watch KZbin videos before laying it. Would help you alot.

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for the comment 😊

[@adamwittmeyer8579]

Why would you work down? And not up? Shoot the bottom of the stair, then stretch the step then set and shoot. Rinse and repeat! Faster and more efficient being how you can’t stretch down.

[@daveparkes8539]

Not "perfectly acceptable", far from it. Nifty pad measure and cut trick...if you need a straight edge on 3' 😆

[@homeimprovements]

thanks for the comment Dave

[@Cindy-rm5xu]

May I have your email, please? I would like to invite you join us to test our smart home products.

[@homeimprovements]

[e-mail] 😊

[@sederquest]

You know you’re ruining the trade by showing everyone how to do it

[@homeimprovements]

All the videos are out there already. We just teaching people in our style

[@marcoOnly1111]

you know your comment is actually useless 😂 dont coment

[@TheAdamjf82]

For the love of god stop giving carpet fitting advice. You don’t have a clue

[@homeimprovements]

Thanks for the comment mate 😊👍🏼 you seem a bit angry tho chill it’s KZbin 🤣

[@martinez112095]

You Put the tack strips too close thats why u fucked up the pins and struggled to tuck the carpet

[@homeimprovements]

Language please sir A professional should know grippers are set depending on the carpet being installed there is no one set spacing , we set these to accommodate the carpet being installed Thanks for your comment 👍🏼

[@martinez112095]

@@homeimprovements youre hilarious 😂 looks like you were exerting yourself too much with thos basement stairs and tuckings

[@homeimprovements]

Cool these are not “basement” stairs hector it’s a staircase leading to the first floor , exerting or making sure the job was completed to the highest standard 🤷🏼‍♂️ anyway that’s your opinion and you have every right to it 👍🏼

[@bigalj69]

Please stop posting diy videos. on carpet fitting you don't understand how many wasted trip I've done trying to fix jobs from people saying my husband watched a video and tried to fit the carpet. Turn up to carpet being cut or chewed miles to short I know I'm good but I'm not a magician

[@homeimprovements]

Maybe now they have this quality step by step there won’t be so many call outs to your phone 😊👌🏼

[@DavidLopez-vz7wd]

You need to put takstrip on the size because if not in a year they’re going to wrinkle up on you

[@homeimprovements]

Not true mate been doing this for 16 years

[@williammichael2156]

I'm 61"yrs old & still do my own carpets , that I've doing since I was 18 yrs old 😅