Removed Carpet From Stairs Now What

Cut the carpet.

Removed carpet from stairs now what.

Stairs are often located at the entryway to your home so removing old carpet and adding a fresh style can make a lasting impact and serve as a welcome greeting to all. Well not until the varnish is removed from the wood first. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. After removing carpet from stairs.

Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. Remove varnish from wood stairs. I ve had my eye on removing the carpet from the stairs for some time. Hello for the question around finishing carpet at the top of the stairs they mentioned in their how to and showed a photo of how they left the carpet at the top of the stairs the last step folded down on the riser and used a sharp blade to cut the carpet on the top riser.

Now that the carpet is removed it s time to sand the threads down and make them look beautiful. We also demoed the railings to make way for a new modern look. Removing carpet from stairs can be easily tackled in a day or over the weekend without hiring a professional. This was a simple system that worked great and will also be how i handle it when dealing with the basement stairs too.

After i removed the padding i used a crowbar hammer and a flat edged screwdriver to remove the tack strip and staples. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife. Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.

This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time. We love using really strong construction grade trash bags for demo debris. In our little house you can see the living room and the kitchen from the stairs all while yelling up them to anyone who may be in the bedrooms. Now that that s over with more detail.

Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. We removed all of the demo debris and thoroughly vacuumed the stairs. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top riser grab the cut end and pull the carpet off the stairs by hand.

Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs. Work from side to side. Every 3 stairs i used a box cutter to cut the carpet from side to side. The stairs are the heart of our home.

Place it in a large trash can to make clean up even easier. As tempting as it may be to just grab a loose corner of carpet and start pulling preparing ahead of time and following a proper sequence. The step of the project took us about 2 hours plus it looks and smells better now. It appears they left a two inch overhang of carpet on the top.