subject: Important Tips to Measure Stair for Adding Carpet [print this page] If you are going to add carpet to your stair, it is very essential for you to know how much you will need to purchase for the project. It is also important to properly measure your stair in order to easily prepare the size of carpet that you are going to use. Measuring stair is actually not as difficult as you think. The main factor that you should remember is to measure all of the steps start from the top down level to the lower level and then across for getting the length measurements. At this time, this article is going to give you some important tips to measure stair for adding carpet that will help you to easily get the right measurement.
As the first step, you need to measure the downward by starting at the top. It is important for you to know where you are going to start and end your carpet. In this case, you will need someone as your helper. Ask your helper to hold the end of measuring tape so that you can bring the carpet forward on the flat part and down the fall of the step for increasing.
The second step that you should do is to write down the measurements. Since it is quite difficult for curving the tape measure under the stair all the way down, you need to multiply the measurement of your stair by the number of stair that you have. It is if each stair has same measurement. If not, you should separately measure each one and then add them together.
The third step is to check your stair for the equal measurements. What you have to do is to measure the second whole step, for over and under for increasing. It is to make sure that you are getting the same measurements as the first step.
The last step is to measure the width of your stair. By using tape measure, you can measure from wall to wall. After that, you have to write down the measurement and then add additional couple of inches to the width. These measurements can help you to have the stair carpet cut.
