Plaid stair runner installation expertise help
I am having a plaid wool carpet installed, and the technician told me it was not possible to get the pattern straight due to manufacturing, that the crisscross lines are not always straight or square. Also, the installation looks sloppy, esp. at the top of the stairs (they have not finished, so I am waiting to see if they fix it).
I am pretty sure they can adjust the carpet at each step to make the patter lay straight,
while keeping the edges also straight — given that the above the landing, the horizontal lines are straight. I've seen pictures of tartan patterned stair runners that are straight, but can't find one with pattern similar to mine, but I'd assume it's a close match.
Is he gaslighting me? This is the type of carpet used: https://www.stantoncarpet.com/product/PRISTINE%20PLAID/LINEN
Also, I was surprised at the padding they used. It is pretty thick, which is nice, but it made this mound-like appearance on the landing, which I don't think looks good at all. It's kind of hard to tell from the picture but if you look at the edges, it's slightly more obvious.
Comments (11)
PROlast yearWhy do people wait till the end and then drop the boom on the installer. You should have stopped them the minute the padding went down.
The padding is too thick. That's a safety issue. It should be replaced.
If a pattern can be matched on curved stairs, it can be matched on straight stairs.
I once had a grid carpet installed for a client. The grid pattern was wonky when the roll of carpet arrived. The installers had to spray the carpet with water and 'stretch'' it square and even had to use tacking nails in the face of the carpet until it dried straight.
The issue is the installer. Could be the skill level of the shop. It's often only the old guys that have been doing this for 30 years that know how to solve the problem.
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last yearlast modified: last yearI think thicker padding has probably added to the difficulty of working with horizontal lines.
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