Riser Carpet Question

My two cents: carpet is expensive, so no reason to put it where it will never be seen.

I agree. Difficult to think of a reason to put carpet under the riser. Even if you wanted to make the riser easy to remove for resale, any carpet under the riser would likely get ruined.

I was going to carpet underneath but realized it would get ruined having the heavy riser on it for so long

I would carpet the whole room, then put the riser in and carpet it.

My reasoning...

If you ever want to reconfigure the room or change the layout of the riser or room, you're going to have a hole in the flooring, and good luck trying to match it after the fact.

You'll still need to isolate the riser frame from the floor. That reduces the "savings" on less carpet.

If you're going to be running electric or wiring or lighting in/under/through/on the riser, it's easier to service or change something if you can lift the riser to get to it.

.02

I would leave at least 1-2" overhang.

3/4" overhang will not be very much once you lay carpet over it.

I guess it also depends on what kind of rope you are using, and how you're going to install it.