What specific name is given to the (usually metal) bar or rod used on a carpeted staircase where the tread connects to the riser?

zbeckabee

Welcome back Peasy! These fine folks are calling it nose trim or edge trim. http://www.diytrade.com/directory/global/buy/products/2177080/curtain_rail.html Jul 27 07, 10:41 PM

peasypod

Thank you, zbee. Alas, no, the question asks for a rods (multiple) that hold a carpet rug in place going up a staircase on each step. For example, one might see them in amidst royalty, or sacred housing like steps leading to an alter. Jul 27 07, 10:57 PM

queproblema

According to this and several other sites I checked, they're simply called "rods." Brackets hold the rods in place. But seems you're looking for something more arcane.... http://www.rogeroates.co.uk/?area=products&sub=runners&dub=4 Jul 28 07, 12:06 AM

1cyprus

In the UK they go by the imaginative name of "Stair Rods". http://www.stairrods.co.uk/public_shop_metric/pub_stairrods.html Jul 28 07, 12:20 AM

MonkeyOnALeash

In the UK "Stair Rod" can be a metaphore for "Driving Rain"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stair_rod Jul 28 07, 6:35 AM

peasypod

Hmmmm, I didn't think this one was as tricky as it seems to be. Peasy likes specifics, and as qp pointed out, arcane it is... Jul 28 07, 7:50 AM

queproblema

Sorry, Peas, the obvious is blinding me to the abstruse. Jul 28 07, 6:22 PM

peasypod

Interesting turn of events... Jul 28 07, 7:38 PM

queproblema

I'm sure Miss Peasy knows "turned finials" and "volutes," while having to do with stairs, don't do the job she describes. Now I know that the place where I throw my too-good-to-be-thrown-out never-to-be-found-again treasures is called the "spandrel." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway http://staircrazy.com/rod_solid_ake_steel.shtml All of which makes me wonder if "stair rods" has anything to do with this.... Jul 29 07, 9:01 PM

peasypod

My subtle clues don't seem to be chiming. Jul 30 07, 4:09 AM

queproblema

Surely you don't want something as simple as "stair WIRE." http://books.google.com/books?id=PYICAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA6-PA182&lpg=RA6-PA182&dq=stair+rods+olde+english&source=web&ots=-jiFwfQHnb&sig=aX2-P9AovQTM-4KTCToWJx8ipVM Aug 13 07, 5:05 PM

peasypod

Actually, yes I do. See? Sometimes it's the easier ones that amazes me that people find so difficult! I was inside a Norman Basilica in Southern Italy not long ago, and I noticed these 'rods' leading up to the alter. I questioned the Padre on duty that day and his reply, in Calabrese, translated to an Olde English reference for 'wire' even though these rods were quite thick. Aug 13 07, 5:56 PM

queproblema

I don't get the tie-in with "turn of events" and "chiming." How do you say it in Calabrese? And how in Italian? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabrian_languages Aug 13 07, 6:32 PM