Stair runners usually sold by the running foot or yard can be 22 to 36 inches wide.
Measure stairs for carpet runner.
With a tape measure measure from 1 side of the stair tread to the other side round your measurement to the nearest foot or meter if you prefer metric measurements and record the width measurement.
You will require a piece of carpet that is the width of the stair plus a few extra inches to wrap around the outer edge of the tread by 18.
You do not have to measure to cover the entire staircase for carpet runners.
Measure the stair to determine the width in grand staircases it could be quite wide.
Simply purchase the width that best fits your stairs.
Unless you have abnormally wide or narrow stairs they ll measure.
The tread of a stair is the horizontal part of the stair on which you step.
First you need to measure the length of your stairs so you can work out the length of your carpet runner.
How to measure straight stairs for carpet runners.
Measure the width of 1 tread with a tape measure.
Carpet runners are sold in a variety of standard width measurements.
The tread and riser combined have the same measurements as a box stair 18.