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Posted by Nick Acaster, on June 7, 2016. Tags: carpet door bars
Sanity is in site! We have a new product available online called Little T and Big T. These flooring t-bars solve no end of join problems between different types of hard flooring. The floor is often one of the last things to be completed when you’ve had building works done in your home. At this […]
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Posted by Nick Acaster, on June 3, 2016.
A common problem occurs with hardwood floor to tile transition, when one floor is higher than the other. How can you successfully transition from one to the other and overcome the height difference? The new Door Ramp solves the problem and can be bought online. The issue is caused sometimes by the installation of underfloor […]
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Posted by Nick Acaster, on September 25, 2015. Tags: Blacksmith stair rods, Stairrods (UK)
For those home owners who own a staircase with a curved section or even a spiral staircase, there are two stair rod ranges which are designed to suit. The Blacksmith carpet rods are designed for stair runners and are supplied with universal styled brackets as standard, which makes them ideal stair rods for winding staircases […]
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Posted by Nick Acaster, on August 25, 2015. Tags: cover door plate
This photo shows how smart fire hearth edging can make an eye-catching feature in a room – what a great job! In the office, we always love it when customers send us photos of their homes, proudly featuring the installed door thresholds, stair rods and the like, which they have purchased from us. It is amazing […]
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Posted by Nick Acaster, on July 3, 2015.
The new Lips floor trims have just come onto the market. They are not only hugely versatile but very chic looking too. So, smart-looking and performing! They are made of solid brass but you can choose any one of ten different finishes. On trend, brushed chrome is one of them (the closest thing to stainless […]
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Posted by Nick Acaster, on April 20, 2015.
I visited Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk the other day, which boasts a very smart loop pile stair runner carpet and old brass stair rods. I can recommend a visit to the house and the woodland gardens – it is very picturesque and the external landscaping and architectural features of the house are particularly attractive. As I […]
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Posted by Nick Acaster, on March 17, 2015. Tags: cover door plate
Brass is back in fashion! So say the interior gurus. It is deemed to be the interiors metal of the Spring/Summer 2015 design season, particularly brasses with a lovely warm tone. Polished brass door bars and threshold strips have always been a popular choice but now they are the perfect way to introduce a fashionable […]
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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 […]
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Posted 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 […]
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Posted 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 […]
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Posted 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 […]
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Posted 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 […]
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Posted 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 […]
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Posted 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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