I had images of you welding extra bits on your gate! Good luck on your hall carpet.
At waterside we bought a new carpet as there were holes on the one down on the edge of the treads. It lay rolled up up the stairs for 5 years as to have it laid we would need to have had the stair lift taken out, then put back in again and we couldn't afford it. Also it would have meant that Pete was stuck up stairs for 3 days