Stairs and landings · Eastbourne
Fully fitted stair carpet or a runner with rods, cut and folded around winders and bullnose steps. Two of our own staircases are on this page.
Stairs and landings
Runner or fully fitted
The two ways to carpet a flight, on two Park Flooring jobs. Switch between them and read what each one gives you.
Best for
Painted or stripped stairs, period halls, herringbone or wood floors below.
Stairs first
A staircase takes more wear per square metre than any other floor in the house. Every step lands on the same few inches of the nosing, so the carpet, the underlay and the fitting all have to be right, or the treads look tired long before the rest of the house.
We fit a dense wool twist or a firm loop pile on stairs, over a stair grade underlay, and we cut and fold every winder so the pile runs the same way up the whole flight. It is slow, careful work and it is the part of the trade we enjoy most.
Runners have come back in a big way, on painted stairs and over the herringbone floors that are going into so many halls. We fit them dead straight with rods or discreet fixings, and we will show you both on the same staircase before you choose.
Wall to wall on every tread and riser, tucked into the crease and stretched over each nosing. It is the warmest and quietest option, the most forgiving of an uneven flight, and it runs straight onto the landing with no break in the carpet.
Choose a carpet that was made for stairs: a dense twist or a loop, in a colour that will forgive the traffic. A long soft saxony looks lovely on a bedroom floor and wears badly on a stair.
A runner leaves the timber showing either side, so the staircase stays part of the room. Stripes are popular because they draw the eye up the flight; plain wool runners suit a period hall. Rods are decorative more than structural now, and a runner can equally be fixed with discreet fixings under each nosing.
Runners suit painted or stripped stairs and any hall with a wood or herringbone floor at the bottom. They are also the easier option to lift and replace in years to come.
Winders, the wedge shaped steps on a turning flight, are cut individually so the pattern and the pile direction stay true. A bullnose bottom step is wrapped, not seamed. Half landings are fitted as part of the flight so the carpet reads as one piece from bottom to top.
We do this across Eastbourne and out to Polegate, Hailsham, Bexhill and Lewes, in tight Victorian flights, wide Edwardian staircases and the open plan stairs of new builds alike.
In the price
One figure, in writing, and we will beat any genuine written quote. Nothing is added on the day.
Get a written quoteEvery tread, riser and winder measured, the landing planned as part of the flight.
The old carpet, gripper, underlay and staples lifted and taken away, the treads made sound.
New gripper on every step and a firm stair grade underlay under the carpet or the runner.
Chosen for stairs, cut and folded at every winder, wrapped at the bullnose.
Rods supplied and fitted for a runner, or discreet fixings if you prefer the clean look.
Questions
The things we are asked in the shop. Anything else, call 01323 505166.
A dense wool twist or a firm loop pile over a stair grade underlay. Both take the concentrated wear on the nosings. We steer people away from long, soft piles on a staircase.
A runner shows the timber and suits painted or stripped stairs; a fully fitted carpet is warmer, quieter and more forgiving of an uneven flight. Use the switch above to compare two of our own.
Yes. Winders are cut and folded individually so the pile runs the same way on every step. It is the part of the job that rewards experience.
Yes. We supply and fit rods with a runner, or fix the runner with discreet fixings under each nosing if you prefer.
A straight flight is usually a morning; winders and a landing take longer. We tell you what to expect when we quote.
Yes. Most people carpet the hall, stairs and landing as one job so the carpet runs through without a change. We plan the seams and the doorways so it reads as one floor.
Also from the shop
Wool twists, loops and saxonies from the mills we know, chosen in the shop and fitted over a proper underlay.
29 years of gripper, underlay and stairs, by the people who measured the room.
Luxury vinyl tile in planks, herringbone and stone, over a floor we have levelled first.
Book a free measure
Call the shop, or send a few details and we will come back to you with a time to measure. Quotes are free and we will beat any genuine written quote.
