While deciding between turtles metal wall sculptures or metal wall accent mirror is mainly a matter of personal preference, before buying carpet for your stairs, it is important to measure the stairs properly to know how much carpet you need to buy. Buying too much will be a waste while buying too little will make it difficult to stretch or cover the area only partially. A common mistake in measuring carpet is simply measuring the width and the length of the stair and multiplying it by the number of stairs. When measuring, it is important to take the risers as well as the lip of the risers into account. To accurately measure the stairs for carpeting, you’ll need a tape measure, paper and pen.
Measuring the length
Begin at the top of the staircase, measuring the length of the steps. Measure the rise of the step first, which is the part where you actually step onto. To do this, the measuring tape should be placed at the very depth of the step and stretched across the very tip. Measure the fall of the step next, which is the backing of the stair. To do this, the measuring tape should be placed at the joint of the immediate step and stretched upwards. Add the measurements taken of the rise to the measurement of the fall. Add an additional two inches to the sum of the rise and fall measurement to account for padding and the curvature of the step. Count the number of stairs that have the exact dimensions as the one that you just measured and then multiply the number by the number of steps. Measure the rise and falls of any other steps that has a different dimension the
same way that you measured the first step; make sure that you do add two inches to the step and multiply it to the number of steps with the exact same size. Calculate the total by adding all the sums of the different sizes.
Measuring the width
In measuring the width, start with the widest step of the staircase. Although there may be different widths, you will only need to measure the widest one as the width of the carpet will be cut according to the widest step. When purchasing carpeting, the width can’t be cut individually. Place the measuring tape on one side of the wall, stretching it across up to the other side of the wall. Add an additional two inches to the width measurement to account for padding.
Measuring straight stairs
If your stairs have uniformly sized steps, all with the exact same dimensions, you can stretch the measuring tape or ruler on one entire step starting at the inside edge of the tread and over the outside of the tread, down along the riser and up to the top of the next tread. Add two inches to the measurement and multiply by the number of steps excluding the last riser on the top landing. Measure the landings and add it to the tread measurement adding one more inch to be turned in at the ends. To determine the number of yard of carpet that you need, divide the total by thirty-six.
Roger Merrit loves to decorate and also writes for Metal-Wall-Art.com where you can find great deals on outdoor metal wall decor and wire wall art.
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