Winders and bullnose steps
Straight flights are the easy part. Where a Fife stair turns — the winder triangle at a half landing, or a bullnose bottom step — the runner has to be cut and re-laid for each tread so the pattern stays square and the edges stay parallel. That is hand work, and it is where fitting time goes.
We measure every tread and riser individually rather than assuming a standard rise, because in older properties they rarely are standard.
Safety and specification
- Dense twist or level loop — nothing slippery, nothing too deep
- Full underlay to the tread edge so the nosing is supported
- Extra length left rolled at the top so the runner can be shifted later to move the wear point
- Rods used decoratively over gripper, not as the only fixing