The edge rolls up on certain shoe soles and down you go unless you have great balance.
Using duct tape to put down rug on stairs.
For this purpose it is recommended to use oil based solvents for removing.
On the other hand you should be careful about not using double sided packaging tape or duct tape.
This type of carpet is easy to install.
Now both long edges where people walk are held down by this tape.
No matter why you use duct tape on the carpet it s important to pull it off as soon as its purpose has been accomplished.
Even if the latex based adhesive is moist and flexible when you pull off the tape it won t stay that way for long.
Unroll strips of carpet tape and stick them down along the perimeter of the floor in all exposed areas.
Make tape x shapes with strips of tape 6 inches long every foot or so along the areas inside the perimeter of the room leave the protective paper on the topside of the tape.
As a tip adhesives on double sided carpet tape are quite sticky.
The longer you leave it the more likely it is that the adhesive will dry out and stick to the carpet.
The installer places the tape under the seam and then lifts the carpet to melt the adhesive on the tape with a seaming iron.
They might need a solvent when you want to remove them from the floor or carpet.
When it comes to vacuum under the rug i gently pull the rug up vac around the tape and put the rug back down.