how to carpet some steps(procedures)

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i'm wanting to carpet my basement steps,what would be the procedures be?staple? is there a glue? would i use padding?i only have 13 steps to do? my obiese dog looks like a deer on ice going up and down them? can someone fill me in or give me some pointers please thanx........................

[MADMOD]

Talk to Dave....95Turbocharged. I am pretty sure he does this for a living:D

[Holly]

my obiese dog looks like a deer on ice going up and down them?

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I am sitting here laughing out loud, because I have seen it in person! Poor ole Shell, she needs some carpeting to make her trek up and down the stairs a lot easier. I love that dog! No kidding, she's my favorite dog I have ever encountered (outside the family's dogs). I don't get over to Chris and Robin's a lot (I will now that they live 6.0 miles from me!), but she always remembers me when I stop over. She used to scare the shiznit out of me!

[PaulFiveOh]

Are they Pie (boxed in) or open?

[stangman_5]

If you just wanted carpet for the dog I would paint the steps and tack (staple) some runners in the middle for your dog. It would be pretty cheap and effective. I do carpet for a living with jesse's dad and we do things like that all you time but it is one of the easy things anyone could do.

[DeckerEnt]

You can buy runner by the foot and then just staple it down. Turn it under at the top and bottom for a finished look. Get fairly long staples.
Keith

[mustang8998]

Keith and Chris, have the right idea, for a cheap and easy fix.

I would first make sure all the treads were good and tight. If they are just nailed, you might want to screw them down.

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thanks all, this staple gun has became my best friend around the house,i'm just walking around the house looking for something else to staple :bigthumb