Vinyl Plank, Carpet, or Hardwood Stairs- Which is Best?

Is Vinyl Plank a good material for the stairs in your home? Let's answer that question by answering: 1. Is it safe? 2. Is it easy to install? 3. How does it compare to Carpet or Hardwood stairs?

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[joeholloway]

I am glad you are sharing this message. Inside, it's carpet only for me. Don't take chances with the lives of friends and family. Sadly I lost my sister in 2019. She slipped going down hardwood stairs, and broke her back. It was high enough up, that she lost the ability to breathe on her own, and passed away a few days later.

Use the carpet. Your life is worth it.

[rjfulgen]

No joke; currently sitting on the carpeted staircase in our new home, was looking up videos on how to remove carpet from stairs as we were GOING to have the hard wood beneath the carpet refinished tomorrow along with our floors. Now, I'm looking up places to get new carpet installed lol. Seen too many accident videos on reddit, I'll pick safety over style any day of the week. Cheers

[curlygalrae]

I grew up with uncarpeted hardwood, and i love the look. But I’m also always barefoot indoors, pretty decent traction. But when I do have a home, I’ll probably have wood or vinyl stairs with a carpet runner installed.

[sourkraut]

I replaced my stairwell with a fire pole. Going down is easy, but going back up is a little more difficult. Solved the carpet vs hardwood debate.

[healthballnut]

My wife and I lived in our 2 story house for 43 years. We did a big renovation and put porcelain tile in the living room and hallway. There was no question that we wanted to stay with carpet on the stairs and the hall in the front of the stairs for the comfort and safety. It turned out we had to wait for a full month for the new carpet and I made the mistake of removing the old carpet so for one month we had to use hard wooden stairs. Our beautiful home became not very nice. I am 70 years old and can run up and down carpet stairs all day long. The hard wood stairs jarred my old body, felt horrible and why anybody would choose hard wooden stairs over the comfort of carpet is beyond me. When the new carpet stairs were installed over good quality 3/8 foam backing ( recommended for stairs ), my wife and I felt like we had died and gone to heaven. Remember the rest of the house is porcelain tile with a few area rugs and we love that, but hard stairs are something I will never have .

[bettier]

I don't dislike carpet on stairs, I can even deal with the fact that they tend to get stains, it's the vacuuming each one of them that annoys me.

[terrybull]

Been in floorcovering for 30 years, nearly every customer that gets a hardwood staircase, is back within a few months to get a carpet runner ( assuming they did not get the runner in the first place). Get a high density, low pile, NYLON ( not a polyester or polytriextra or olephin ) carpet for best high traffic performance

[paulnutter]

I solved the "not as comfy as carpet" conundrum by sticking carpet to my feet, problem solved. Keep em' coming

[rosefernandez]

So glad you didn’t really fall! And the dummy falling down the stairs was HILARIOUS! Thanks for educating viewers on the difference between all these items! Became an instant subscriber!

[danielfortier]

I have 40 years experience in the architectural world and although my experience is commercial buildings, not houses, I did not hesitate to follow the advice of the flooring supplier I have done business with most of my career. When I installed vinyl planks on my basement stairs, I also installed rubber nosings. Although it's not the best look for a residence, I know for sure no one will ever slip on those stairs.

[ssni]

I appreciate how quickly you got to the point, the quick snap transitions and calculation without filler/waste statements. 👍🏿 too many videos ramble. This one did not.

[carguy]

Our first home had ugly worn out rubber treads over the hardwood stairs. When we had the floors redone we didn’t put anything back on the stairs. About a month or so after, my oldest child, about 4 at the time, fell down half the flight of stairs 😬.

From there on out it’s carpet or some
kind of runner on stairs for us. Lesson learned and no one was hurt thankfully.

[markm]

The thing with hardwood is you can make it a coarse finish so it has about as much grip as carpet but looks really good.

[eternalfizzer]

Epic stunt :-D (Also have done that on carpeted stairs.)
The stairs were to shallow, so I installed wood treads that were full depth (and also corrected the start/end riser dimensions). I added sand to the polyurethane coats to give a little more friction. I also added a strip of gorilla tape for a visual reference of the stair edge and a little more traction.

[jbt]

I spilled down laminate covered stairs, broke my tailbone, bashed my head and got a concussion. I used skateboard grip tape (sticky on the back, sandpaper like on the front). I put 2 small strips of this on the front of each stair, it worked like a charm and I was able to make the laminate very safe.

[BigRick]

My builders damaged the treads on my Oak hardwood stairs, that they reckoned couldn't be fixed. This has given me some ideas. Thanks.

[markishabunn]

😂 That illustration was funny! My best friend and I used to slide down my wood stairs on purpose when we were kids 😂

[westernproducerSWP]

Mom always said 'watch were your going' (only because Dad did a crappy job). Great info that I'll have to share with my stair renovatin' neighbours. (Measuring stair tread width and 'untrue' sides - stair tread jig...works like a charm.)

[simonwillis]

I can vouch for that! Ceramic tile stairs, slipped fourth from the bottom, fell on my spine and prolapsed three disks spent six months having physical therapy! Luckily at that point I lived in Austria and they have top notch medical cover without stupid high US coverage or I would have everything to cover the costs!

[richardnipoels]

This video was the tipping point for me convincing my aging father to let me pay for carpets for his stairs and second floor rooms. He was insistent on putting matching LVP on the stairs as we’d done on his first floor. Thank you.