When to put down the aisle runner

I’ve been going back and forth, I would like to have an aisle runner at my wedding but it is not supplied to me by my limo company or florist which many of them are in NY. So I would have to purchase one myself. The question is I don’t have any ushers at my wedding, do I get an aisle runner and if I do can I put it down before bridal party/before church starts or do I have to roll it down right before I walk down ?


I could ask a family member to roll it down for me but won’t it look weird right before I walk down?