Posted by Nick Acaster, on October 31, 2014.
At last, there are extra wide door threshold bars on the market, in a wide choice of metal finishes. Hooray! The times we are contacted by home owners who describe a “rather large” gap they have been left with and which they really need to “hide” but they don’t want a brass finish. Now we can […]
Read morePosted by Nick Acaster, on July 9, 2014. Tags: black door thresholds, carpet transition strip
A common question we are asked by customers is which internal door thresholds they should use to join carpet to tiles. The main concern is that the tiled floor is often higher than the carpet – a problem particularly prevalent in bathrooms where installation of underfloor heating can raise the tiled floor. The diagram below shows the […]
Read morePosted by Nick Acaster, on October 14, 2013. Tags: carpet door bars, carpet transition strip
Great news! We can now supply extra long carpet transition strips at Carpetrunners. Up until now, our Premier Door Bars and coordinating Cover Door Plate have just been available in 90 cm / 35 inch lengths but we now have them in a much longer and useful 270 cm, that’s 106”, or 8 feet 10 […]
Read morePosted by Nick Acaster, on August 5, 2013. Tags: laminate floor trims
We are often asked the best way to join carpets. There are a variety of stylish options. Here we pick out some of the most popular. Door thresholds or metal door strips are the normal way to join carpets to another floor covering in a doorway. There are a variety available but they are hugely […]
Read morePosted by Nick Acaster, on June 17, 2013. Tags: stair carpet rods
On a recent visit to the Palace of Monserrate in Sintra, Portugal, these glorious, large stair rods were spotted. The Palace is a gem to visit, despite still being refurbished, and access to the top floor was via this wooden staircase. Perhaps, the renovation work accounts for the gathering dust! Silver and ornate large stair rods dominate the […]
Read morePosted by Nick Acaster, on November 23, 2012. Tags: stair carpet rods, vintage stair rods
Traditional brass stair rods date back to the late 19th century, when they were used to attach a stair runner to a staircase. Today, we use gripper, a far more secure method, and the stair rods are purely decorative. However, refurbished antique stair rods make not only an attractive decorative feature but add a touch […]
Read morePosted by Nick Acaster, on September 14, 2012. Tags: antique stair rods, stair rod brackets, stair runner rods, Stairrods (UK)
Stair carpet rod holders have a habit of miraculously disappearing! You remove your stair carpet runner bars to have your stair runner cleaned or replaced and amazingly there is always at least one missing when you come to put them back in place… Likewise, it always seems to be the antique stair rod brackets that are […]
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