The two main methods of installing the carpet on stairs are waterfall method and cap and band method. In the first method, each riser and tread is covered by one piece of carpet while in the latter one, cap covers the treads and band covers the risers. Below are some guidelines to install the carpet by waterfall method on basic stairs. You will require various tools like nails, measuring tape, tack strips, stair tool, hammer, utility knife and safety glasses.

First of all you need to remove the old carpet completely along with the tack strips and old padding. Then before you start installing the carpet calculate the amount of carpet you will require to cover your stair. If you are going to make use of carpet pad then add 3 inches per stair and if there is nosing then add at least 1 foot to the flight measurement. Such precautions make the installation of carpet on the stairs easy.

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