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when the carpet is up spend some time working to get rid of or improve any squeaks.it is so worth it. the painted bit and the bits under the runner could have some extra screws sent through them to tighten things up without being visible when the job is done. We made a dumb mistake when we did ours, we used some floor filler to fill but used brown filler because wood is brown and that was what was abundant not white filler because the paint was going to be white(ish). Now cracks in the paint show up more than they would have done. What paint will you use? If doing a woven runner consider putting the staples in long ways down not across ways
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Any top tips for removing the paint and prepping these for a runner (bet good money someone on here has done it)
Not sure if I'll repeat the treads or wax them (will depend on how good they look I suppose) but want to paint the risers and go back to a runner.
Thinking about it it's probably a summer job as I assume it will need paint stripper and I assume that stinks