Transform Your Stairs: How to Carpet Bull Nose Steps
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- How to Carpet Bullnose Steps for a Clean and Professional Finish.
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00:00🔑 Tutorial on installing carpet on bull nose steps with specific technique for securing the carpet and padding.
04:02🔑 Tips for installing carpet on bullnose steps, including cutting pad and securing it to the tack strip.
08:13🔑 Tips for protecting and measuring bullnose steps before carpet installation.
12:31🔑 Tips for installing carpet on bullnose steps, including using a straight edge, cutting the carpet, and direction of carpet nap.
16:31🔑 Tips for properly carpeting bullnose steps, including stretching, stapling, and cutting the carpet to achieve a clean look.
20:44🔑 Carpeting bullnose steps requires careful stretching and stapling to ensure a tight fit and smooth finish.
26:21🎬 Tutorial on achieving uniform and clean carpeted bullnose steps by angling the kicker and using a stair tool for a professional finish. 
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I just finished carpeting my stairs after watching fbsb’s video on bullnose steps and I’m thrilled with the result. The process was so well illustrated and explained, I can’t thank y’all enough!! I would love to send a picture but I can’t figure out how to, but boy can I carpet stairs now!!
That’s awesome , Thank you for sharing that
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Just installed carpet on my basement steps. Turned out perfect thanks to this video! Much appreciated.
Thank You! That was one of the best "How To" videos I've seen on RUclips. Detailed, and much appreciated!
@@mpearsonak thanks for sharing that
30 year installer here-thanks for taking the time to do this. Good quality bullnose steps take practice and a great deal of skill to do.
You’re welcome, thanks for watching
Thank you sir
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@@kevinl4432 😂
I originally installed my own carpet in my house. Recently it needed to be replace and my wife hired a carpet contractor. He removed the tack strip on the sides of my steps. He said it wasn't suppose to be a tack strip there. I am going to call the owner out on it. Where is the pride in peoples work. "Floors by Southern Boys" you take pride in your work. Great job.
Thank you, my friend. There is no other way of getting a stretch sideways on your step if you don’t have tack strip there
@@FloorsbySouthernboys they removed my tack strips from the sides and put one across the front of the step.
Thanks a TON! This boosted my son's confidence to do something significant and beautiful. After I learned from you first, I had my 15yr old watch too before helping me and we finished our stairs like a PRO!!! Great details watching both this and the video of the waterfall-style steps.
Man that is really nice to hear, congratulations on your successful installation
My first installation wasn't so good, but I returned with my stretcher and powers stapler... fixed it proper per your instruction. Thanks a million!👍
Awesome
Step by step on how to do steps. Excellent video, great work and thank you for teaching us!
You da man
You are a natural instructor. Great progression through each part of the process. The concise explanations of each step make it easy to follow. Thank you. Helped me a lot.
Thank you for sharing that, I’m glad it was helpful for you
Excellent! Thank you, by far the best and easiest video on installing stair carpeting the right way. I will do my own and save some $$.
Thank you for this excellent video!!
I feel comfortable enough to do my own stairs now 😁
Great instructional video. Had a few ideas in it that I will adopt for my next stair carpet. Thank you.
I'm about to do my stairs now.. thank you for making these videos - you are very good at explaining, you don't bs and waste our time, you are deliberate, clearly skilled, and you are thoughtful and focused throughout. I have yet to find a youtube video, on anything really, that pound for pound delivers more usable information per second as what you've done here. I wish you success on youtube, thanks again.
Wow thank you so much for that wonderful comment, that was really nice of you to say that and I am really glad that these videos are helping
You seem to love what you do, and your attitude says that you also love helping others, Kudos to ya, and Thanks
Thank you sir you are correct on both statements
Awesome detail and very humble attitude. Pleasure to watch someone who takes such pride in work. Thanks heaps. Off to please the wife with some professional looking stairs.
Awesome , I hope they turn out great
This guy has the passion and experience for the craft. Well done!
Thank you 😊
Someone has been watching trim and tuck carpet on prepping. Good video. Keep it up
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fantastic tutorial . youre a hard working dude!
Many good tips thanks
Very well detailed rube. Grandad used to use seam tape for the ends. The stairs do last longer from the latex of the backing of the carpet. 💪❤️🙏
Thank you Jerrid
I like the look of the carpet tucked under the bullnose. I was in stair manufacturing for 20+ years, and I don't recall seeing any stairs done that way...and I've been in a lot of homes, by different builders and from low end to high end. One thing I discovered was, when installers would kick the carpet in the middle of the riser, they would knock the riser loose from the back of the tread.
Great Job!! This video was very helpful.
Thank you very much for your feedback
See you all the time in FIOA, got 89yds with bull nose tomorrow and wanted a brush up since its been awhile. Thanks for the video!
Yes sir that is my favorite Facebook hang out
I just finished my basement stairs with confidence because of your video. Thank you!
Man that’s great, I hope everything turned out wonderful for you
You are the installer, that most Store owners wish they had.
😂😂Thank you
Nice job with the howto video. You explained it well! Watched the whole thing...!
Thank you sir
thank you so much for your work ,its greatly appreciated
Wow, thank you I appreciate that
Man. This is an excellent tutorial. When my carpet guy does my steps we might sit down and watch this video together before he starts. Lol.
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@@FloorsbySouthernboys Welp. Today was the day. I was at work. Wife at home. Carpet guy came for steps install. He didn't wrap the bullnose.... He just kept telling my wife "waterfall" (whatever that is)
Wow this video was incredibly helpful and saved me a bunch of money
Awesome
Thank you so much! Great instructions and methods!
You’re welcome I hope it helped
Wow, you are the best, thank you for details of install, love it
Thank you, glad you liked it
Followed how you fitted carpet to the stairs and it worked really well your video was brill 👍👌
Thank you I’m glad it helped
Thanks! This is a big help for my current stair project.
Awesome
Nice to see you using your new knife
Yes sir I use it for everything now
Great job! Very much appreciated!
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Awesomr video thank you man. Live learning professionally
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Brilliant video having a go myself on bull nose stairs because of video total ametuer in UK carpet fitters here try to rip u off thanks for great instructions really helpfull best instructions out there cheers
Thank you sir, good luck with your project
Fantastic video, thank you! I managed to complete a simple job but it looks really professional - would love to be able to add photos.
I would love to see them, you can find me on Facebook by the same name if you want to share
When this guys shows up at your door to do a carpet installation !!!!! You pay him more than he asked ! Why because there’s not a lot of greats out there anymore! And this guy puts in the work!!!!!
Thank you Keith, I appreciate it
@@FloorsbySouthernboys 😄😄😄😄😄😄
Great video on this .This is another one I see all the time no Tac strip to stretch on the sides and loose Carpet. Dude it was not me it's the crappy 1/2 8 pound pad or 7/16 8 pound.
Just like you stated there not doing the sides and going back and hitting the front a few times.
This comes from guys who have been doing this 15 plus years .Glad you posted this as well.
Thanks, I'm going to give this a go!
Awesome
Very informative video! I am about to change the carpet on my stairs and this is the perfect video. Everything is explained with details. Thanks a lot! My only question would be, what type of staples do you use for the underpad? I know for the carpet itself to use 9/16 long 20-gauge 3/16 crown but I am not sure what staples are needed for the underpad.
I have copy your ideas how to do your carpet I am not a professional I'm just a DIY trying to do things in my home and when I see you do your carpet I said to myself give it a go and it work I'm still do my carpet under stairs thank you very much I keep up with the good work appreciate it
Well, good job, glad to hear it back like this
Man, it is so nice to see you wrap the pad around the nose. It pains me everytime people cut it off right before it. Your stairs look great! Keep up the good work.
Thanks buddy
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Thank you
Thank you, very well explainded
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Excellent
Thank you
pay attention boys this is how to carpet stars. pad gets wrapped around the nose then tape the nose so pad wears evenly,. good job southern boys.
Would you use the same technique for burber carpet?
Newbie to carpet installs here! I'm getting ready to do a landing in my home theater room with a single bull nose lip. I watched a lot of your videos and appreciate all the great advice and tips you give!! I do have one question. Couldn't you also install a tack strip directly under the bull nose lip? That way when you stretch the carpet, it will pull on the tack strip v/s the staples? Any negatives to that or will that be fine to do?
Any alternative to the stretcher? I don't have one. Can it be done without?
verry good thanks
Thank you sir
Ruben, thanks for all the great videos. Do you have a suggestion if the stairs aren't straight? I have an old house and the back of the tread where it meets the riser is up to 3/4" wider than the front of the tread on most steps. I will have to do every stair separately I'm sure.
Yes sir cut your carpet to the widest point, install your step and trim where necessary
Are you sealing the carpet sides to guard against fiber unraveling. Since only 1/8 inch is added to the width, the side gutter is not being used in the conventional step down manner, but rather as a simple angle bend for appearance sake. If sealer is not being used are you optimizing the cuts to be close to a backing web strand? Maybe I am overthinking fibers coming loose while tucking and vacuuming the sides and nose ends. Love your videos, take pride in doing the best job you can do. For me you lead the way.
Awesome, with it being tucked in the signs, I don’t think there will be problem with it raffling
Good day, I am a beginner about to put carpet for the first time in my staircase. What do you use for the pad under the rug, and is it normally easy to find in stores? Thank you for the awesome video.
I just finished my stair last week.
Was looking for a video on stair with nosing .. I just had extra tackless strip nailed on the riser.
😀👍I hope they turned out nice for you
Great Video, thanks.
I had some berber carpet installed on some stairs and the staples show even after they hit them with a hammer. Do you have any suggestions?
Not a whole lot you can do if they pinned the carpet fiber down with staples. Sorry my friend.
Thanks so much for your reply. Is there an alternate method for securing the carpet besides staples?
How many stairs do you do per piece of carpet? Do you cut a full run for the full set of stairs or do you do it in smaller pieces? If so, how many stairs do you recommend doing for each piece?
Great video it's very helpful I'm going to do my stairs so good to see this I don't have a electric stapler though I have a nail gun so would a nail gun be ok to use or not
No sir a nail gun will not work. It will sit right through the carpet staples have a Crown, which grabs the carpet.
@@FloorsbySouthernboys thanks for the reply I will have to go out and get a staple gun then are they certain staples to use obviously heavy duty staples but is there a certain type or will any be ok to use
Thanks. Laying for trailor factory and dont do steps at all. Im studying for some side jobs.
Awesome, good luck my friend
What if I wanted to add an led strip underneath each plank ? Should I do the lights first or the carpet ?
Carpet first
I was delaying to do the carpets on my stairs for a week and boom the day I had to do them you uploaded this video. Thank you so much. Just one extra question if you dont mind. If you want to make a seam but dont have an ieon, would you recommend to use double sided tape or any other method?
I would go to Home Depot and rent an iron
@@FloorsbySouthernboys lol.
👍🏻 Contour style !
👍 Forgot that one
If you are fitting a stair runner would you put side tack strips?
No I will not
Hello sir. That's another great job.
I'm planning on carpeting the treads only, how do I ensure a neat finish under the bullnose.
And what do you mean when your mashing down.
I will cover that in a future video, and when mashing it down I mean pressing the carpet onto the tack strip , Making it look good around the bullnose needs to be shown instead of told
@@FloorsbySouthernboys thank you for your reply sir.
@@jimleishman785 You’re welcome buddy
What kind of gun do you use? (Make and model please), and what size staples? I need one that's compact like yours to do stairs. Thanks.
Here you are www.tools4flooring.com/crain-635-opto-power-tacker.html. www.fbsb.store/product/5418d-9-16-electric-tacker-staples-5-000-box-/104
Excellent video but how much Do you charge PER STEP to do the work?
$25 per step on these type of steps
❤❤❤❤ Gracias ❤
What are the options for carpeting the top of an alcove. Is there a technique other than the cove cap?
I’m not sure what you mean
Thanks buddie .. by the bullnose step I meant the bottom step that goes round one way . In America there probably bigger staircases with doubles but our typical flight if stairs has one at the bottom that goes either to the left or to the right . Be grateful if you could do a vid on that step :)
OK gotcha I will get to that
Very good condition explaining the job.it must be an American way of. Laying. Bulldoze steps using all that staples and only 1piece. Of gripper on steps,looks good anyway, we'll done
Thanks buddy
What about patterns and waterproof carpet that looks like builders grade carpet
How would you do the first step which is a pear shaped? So basically there is a curved step which is slightly wider than the rest.
I will have to do a video on that
I would like to see a price for tools for the beginner.
A lot of guys and probably you would have fired me for the way I did those type of steps. I would cut individual pieces for the step and then cut individual pieces for the risers. I knew it was time consuming but, if a pet or something damaged one step then all I had to do was rip the carpet off that step without interfering with the other steps or riser.
There's nothing wrong with the way you are talking about it's is still used, its just another method that some installers use depending on the situation. Personally I sometimes use the way you are talking about on Berber carpet because I find it Bit easier, just remember there are a number of ways to install carpet on steps,
This guy is a very good and pleasant teacher and he explains everything nicely.
@@Cherokee10g That's true. I do admit, every job I ripped old carpet from steps never was done the way I installed them. I saw guys use one or two pieces of carpet to do let's say 12 straight steps and be done in no time. I attempted that method plenty of times and always hated when 3 or 4 steps go in nice and straight but then the next couple steps are smaller .
Too bad you don't work in Ontario, Canada. Excellent directions and demonstrations. I'm sure your body is feeling it. CDN
Yes sir, carpet is pretty rough on your body
You are by far the best at explaining how to do carpet installation. Too many others go way too fast for first time diy guys.
Can you do a video or a stream on the current market? Are jobs hard to come by? Worst customer experience ?
Thank you I really appreciate that, I am thank you for your recommendation, I will keep that in mind
What happens if after stretched the carpet is a little too wide for the stair tread. Can I just trim it on the stair and tuck it?
If needed
@@FloorsbySouthernboys thank you!! Your videos are awesome and there’s no confusion! Best in class when it comes to instructional videos!
@@daveabee1 thank you very much
What is the best staples gun for carpet?
www.tools4flooring.com/crain-635-opto-power-tacker.html
Just had carpet installed and I feel the tack strip with my toes on every step. My kids say they are stepping on them too. The installers used the old strip. Any thoughts why this is happening? What is the right way to fix it? It’s on 8 lb moisture barrier pad too.
The tack strip may be too far out into the step instead of up close to the riser , Feel free to take a hammer in town those pants down and just by tapping on top of the carpet and that will fix it for you
@@FloorsbySouthernboys thank you!!!
hi, does anyone know how to make the carpeted stairs non-slippery? how to similar thick carpet on my stairs.
I’m not sure about that
@@FloorsbySouthernboys , seen a lot of your videos. Most plushes should be down hill up hill . Don't listen to the book! . It's wrong!! Depending on the rug ,, down hill up hill it makes it a little more sticky! Like your vids !!!
@@stevehamman4465 thank you For sharing that, makes perfect sense
@@stevehamman4465 thank you for sharing that Buddy that makes perfect sense
I have a clog you can do carpet around a cast iron radiator
Somebody has asked me about that in the past I can’t wait to run across one of those so I can do a video on it
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Do you usually try to get the carpet close netting the wall from the be hide the radiator?
I've watched this video a dozen times and really appreciate the detail. I'm using an air nailer for my bullnose, and my first attempt sent the staples straight through the carpet and raveled the carpet. What pressure do you recommend on the air nailer to catch the carpet and not go through it? What length staples are you using?
I’m not sure, that is why I use an electric staple gun
Tim, he is using an upholstery stapler , Crain I believe. I use a Duo Fast, 250 bucks. They don't blow through the rug.
@@stevehamman4465 thanks You’re right
Ruben how you doing?? Just wondered who taught you you skills and your carpet language??
I was a helper for a few years before I started working for myself, but I have been self-employed now since I was 19 and I am 43, so for the most Part I am self taught, and I guess the carpet language just comes from dealing with it for a long time
Alot of the carpet I've been installing on steps i stopped using tackstrip. Customers complain about feeling nails through the carpet
Oh snap
Staples only or glue?
@@irritablysavvy staples
Prob need thicker caepet
How long does it take to do them?
Start to finish about 30 minutes
How much u charge one room 14 by 14
$193
When duct tape dries out with age it tends to cause crackling noises. Why do some installers say that the front of the nosing shouldn't have underlay?
I don’t know the reason for not having underlay on it, I am myself used to not do that but I simply liked it because I could get more of a square look without it having pad on it,
Gord, wrapping the nose has no benefit for the installer or the person walking on it!
@@stevehamman4465 That is what I thought. Thanks for your input.
Great video. Thank you for sharing!
A couple of quick questions, if I may.
Firstly, if I have to use several lengths of carpet for the stairs, would you add carpet grips/tack strips at the bottom of the riser as well as the back of the tread, so that the two separate pieces of carpet will each have something to tuck into?
Secondly, I have size 11 feet and my treads are only 8" long, so worry about my heels and toes hitting tacks each time I go up and down the stairs. Any advice?
Nosir ,in no case should you put tax strip on the riser if there is a bullnose on the step, and even with a size 11 you should not step on the tack strip, I am a 10 1/2 myself and I have never felt tack strip on steps
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Thank you for your reply. So, you mean that both pieces of carpet should get tucked behind the same tack strip, with the carpet that's coming down just stapled at the bottom, where it meets the tack strip?
@@DragonJade8 That is it my friend
@@FloorsbySouthernboys Many thanks, and keep up the great work with the videos.
Hi. Thanks for your video. I am a complete amateur here, so please forgive my questions. I'm trying to carpet my basement steps. Just making sure I buy the right tools. Aside from the tack strips I'll need a staple gun, the kick tool, and the tool to press the carpet in the corners. What type of blade do I use to cut through the carpet? Do you recommend a specific one to cut large lengths of carpet?
I use round slotted carpet blades, you can pick them up at Home Depot or Lowe’s
One other question. What type of electric staple gun do you recommend? I don't have the ability to get a pneumatic one so a regular electric one will have to do. If you can't recommend a particular brand is there anything specific to look for when dealing with stapling carpet? Thanks in advance.
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Take your underlay down to your riser gripper, no need for duck tape.plus stops holes appearing in the carpet on the riser made from peoples toe caps
Duct tape is used to keep the pad from breaking down from the carpet backing And been wrapped over the edge of the step
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yea i know what you mean but on some of those stiff back i have gone to 3 row pin tackstrip plus mist it down with hot water. if you remember it was originally called tackless, but some time i hit or rub the nails down. thanks
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Builders never square steps. lol I've done steps that were almost an inch off from the last... Tucking in is the best way to fix that issue
Absolutely
I get to have fun tomorrow installing $115yd wool cpt on circular staircase in $4 million dollar home. Yeh, not really lol!
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I'm sure the sweat from your nerves will make the carpet easier to stretch in. Good luck on that one! I'm sure you'll do a great job.
I always get to be the lucky one on getting to do the high end cpt for the store I do work for because they can't trust any of the other installers 😕
@@shawnmoore5621 Well that’s good that they got the confidence in you
@@shawnmoore5621 tell them to cut the check then if you’re the specialist.
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Wow. What a pro. This man is superb. Thank you. What is your cash app. I need to send you some cash. Absolutely brilliant. I am impressed beyond words. I hit the like and subscribed.
thank you sir
Just cut the pad to the top edge. I'm telling you this because when you walk on the steps over time that pad you have bend over the lip breaks off at the top where I'm saying cut it at, I have seen this on many tear outs., I don't go over the lip. Just seems useless like putting tack strip around vents lol.
even rookie with one eye and two left hands can install this plush. Show you handle some Milieken or fabrica.
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