Stupid question about stair carpet.

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I've just bought some stripped carpet for my stairs. Its being fitted on Friday. Does anybody know whether when you buy carpet for stairs you get the whole width of a roll? Obviously there would then be a rather large piece left over. I just thought of this when I got home from the shop. If I am paying for the whole width of the roll then I have a small box room which the leftover bit might fit. Anybody know?

You'll have to phone the shop and ask them. If it was specifically stair carpet it will be on a narrower roll.

Thanks Baroness. It was on a wide roll in the shop so not specific stair carpet. I will ring the shop but was wondering if anyone had any experience. I googled and 12ft seems to be the standard carpet width. Will need to measure up stairs and box room to see if leftover bit will fit (if in fact I own it).

will they not cut it into stair width pieces to save on carpet? (I have no idea, just thought that might be how they do it??)

No we had this done, you buy the whole width. Excess wouldn't have done a whole room but we had it bound to make matching rugs :)

I think it depends on your stairs - are they a continual run or do you have a turn in them (you know, 10 steps then a little landing, then another 3 steps)? I say think because I think (and I stand to be corrected) that if you have a turn, they can do that in 2 separate pieces so you'd use 2 stair widths of the carpet, so would have less left over. Hope that helps.

we got asked if we wanted to keep the left overs when we had them done... If you do have a turn in the stairs the stripes will go the other way with the landing and the turn.