Rental Solution for Event Entrances
Carpet Runner Rental in Montreal
A carpet runner is what turns a doorway into an arrival — red, white, black, green or navy, 4 ft or 6 ft wide, cut to the length your own route calls for and delivered anywhere in Quebec.
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- Five colours, cut to length
- Off-catalogue? Write to us
- Equipment held in Montreal, delivered to you
- Corporate clients and agencies
- Orders anywhere in Canada
Choose your colour
Five colours, each with a page of its own, every one cut to your length.
Red
Take it when the arrival is going to be filmed. That is the whole of its job.
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White
Keeps a pale room pale — wedding aisles, atriums, anywhere daylight reaches.
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Black
Behaves like floor rather than like colour, in a dark room and under a lens.
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Green
Picked when the colour has work to do — a brand, a season, or a lawn.
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Navy
Where red would be too much and black too plain. Corporate and annual evenings.
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Specifications
| Colours | Red, white, black, green, navy |
|---|---|
| Widths | 6 ft and 4 ft |
| Lengths | Cut to length on request |
| Material (red, white and black runners) | Polyester pile, woven polypropylene backing, merrowed edge, 10 mm thick |
| Installation | Indoor and outdoor; fixed with professional double-sided tape, lifts without marking the surface |
| Rental period | From 1 day to a month+ |
Our carpet runners in action
Runners once they are down and the route is set.
Where carpet runners are used
A runner does two jobs at once: it tells guests where to walk, and it makes that walk worth photographing. Here is where ours end up across Quebec:
Red carpet arrivals
From the pavement or the lobby door through to the room, with posts either side keeping guests and media apart.
Galas and award nights
The arrival route, the approach to the photo wall, and the walk from reception through to the ballroom.
Product launches and brand activations
Entrances and the ground around display plinths, more often in a brand colour than in red.
Premieres and press walls
A marked lane in front of the wall, so everyone stops in the right place and the photographers’ line stays clean.
Film and TV shoots
Dressing a set that has to pass for a real venue entrance, and holding the same route from take to take.
Weddings and VIP entrances
The ceremony aisle, the receiving line, and the entrance every camera in the room is already pointed at.
Choosing a colour
Red is what the phrase brings to mind, and that is exactly what it is for — premieres, award nights, classic arrivals, anywhere the point is that nobody needs it explained.
Green and navy are the two to raise when the colour has a job to do: an activation matched to a logo, a seasonal dressing, or a formal evening that wants the occasion without the staging that red brings. Black is the neutral of the set — it recedes in a dark room, behaves on camera, and contradicts no brand palette. White belongs to weddings and to pale modern rooms, where a light aisle reads cleanly against a light floor. Not sure? Describe the floor and the lighting and we will tell you what will actually show.
Almost every runner leaves here with posts alongside it, so the two are worth planning together. Rope stanchions → for the draped effect, or belt stanchions → when the same route also has to hold a moving queue.
How much carpet runner you need
Measure what people actually walk — door to entrance, pavement to room — and order that. The runner is cut to your measurement, so there is no stock size to round towards.
Take 4 ft when arrivals come through in single file and the runner is mainly marking a route. Take 6 ft when guests walk two abreast, when there is a press wall to stand in front of, or when photographers have to work from the sides without stepping on it.
FAQ
How much does it cost to rent carpet runners in Montreal?
Runners are quoted on the cut rather than on a stock size: the width you pick, the length your walk needs, and how long it stays on the floor. A run longer than one runner is joined, and the seam is barely there once the carpet is taped — that is quoted on the finished length. Send through the dimensions and back comes a single itemised figure.
Can runners be laid outdoors?
Yes, and outdoor arrivals are among the most frequent jobs we lay. The runner is fixed with professional double-sided tape, which holds it firm so nobody catches an edge, and lifts afterwards without marking the surface beneath it.
What lengths can I order?
There is no stock length to choose from — every runner is cut to order. Give us the walked distance from your door to the entrance and that is the figure we cut to. Neither width behaves differently in this respect.
How long can a single run be?
Longer runs are built by joining runners, and once the carpet is down and taped the join barely registers. Give us the length you are after and we will plan how the pieces meet.
Our walk is an awkward shape — does that matter?
Send the dimensions and we will tell you what can be done with them before anything is quoted.
Should I take 4 ft or 6 ft?
Four feet suits a single-file arrival where the runner is mainly marking the route. Six feet is what to take when guests arrive two abreast, when a photo or press wall closes the end of the walk, or when photographers need to work from the edges.
Do you lay it down and lift it afterwards?
Yes — delivery and collection across the province are part of the service rather than a separate arrangement. Give us the event address and the hours you have access, and the schedule is built around them.
How far ahead do runners need booking?
Runners go out heaviest through gala season and the summer wedding months, so those are the weekends worth holding early. For everything else there is no minimum notice: send the dates and the walked length and we will come back on what we can lay.
Is installation included?
It is optional. Our crew can lay the runner, tape it down and dress the posts either side before doors open — or we drop it off and your team handles the install.