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Carpet rods on stairs. A stair rod, also commonly referred to as a carpet rod, is an ornamental decorative hardware item used to hold carpeting in place on steps. [1] ( Such long but narrow strips of carpeting are known as carpet runners or stair runners or stair carpet). [2]
A storey pole (or story pole, storey rod, [1] story stick, [2] jury stick, [3] scantling, [4] scantillon [5]) is a length of narrow board usually cut to the height of one storey. [6] It is used as a layout tool for any kind of repeated work in carpentry including stair-building , framing , timber framing , siding , brickwork , and setting tiles.
A traditional stair carpet was characterized by not covering the full width of the stair but leaving the underlying wood−stone−tile of the tread and risers open to view on the sides. This was sometimes simply to save on carpet and sometimes to expose features while preventing wear to the underlying surface.
Tack strip being removed from a floor. Tack strip also known as gripper rod, carpet gripper, Smoothedge tackless strip, gripper strip or gripper edge is a thin piece of wood, between 1 and 2 metres (3.3 and 6.6 ft) long and about 3 centimetres (1.2 in) wide, studded with hundreds of sharp nails or tacks used in the installation of carpet.
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"Carpet binding" is a term used for any material being applied to the edge of a carpet to make a rug. Carpet binding is usually cotton or nylon, but also comes in many other materials such as leather. Non-synthetic binding is frequently used with bamboo, grass and wool rugs, but is often used with carpet made from other materials. [citation needed]
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