What To Do With Stairs After Carpet Is Removed

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.

What to do with stairs after carpet is removed. The more you can remove at. Every 3 stairs i used a box cutter to cut the carpet from side to side. I ve read a lot and several recommend to put those over the existing stairs. Luckily i had a feeling that these would be decent.

When we removed our poodle carpet on the basement stairs we found out that they were made of junk lumber. The room might look pretty roughed up looking like it belongs in an abandoned house. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. 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.

The stair carpet was crappy to say the least and i really wanted my staircase to be amazing. This was a simple system that worked great and will also be how i handle it when dealing with the basement stairs too. Spring fever has been hitting me hard lately. Stairs after staples and nails removed we initially wanted to stain the top of the wood and paint the risers white.

However the pine wood was so soft that removing the nails and staples left many big holes and indents in the wood. Before anything can change the old nasty carpet needs to be removed. My carpet is already off. However i firmly believe that junk stairs are still better than gross carpet stairs.

Then of course i told him about it and showed him what i did i m not that sneaky. So i peeled a corner of one of the steps away to see what was there and tucked it back in before he got home. I am researching redoing my stairs also. 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.

I want to do stuff make stuff clean stuff. It has taken a lot of patience and planning. Removing carpet from stairs can be easily tackled in a day or over the weekend without hiring a professional. After i removed the padding i used a crowbar hammer and a flat edged screwdriver to remove the tack strip and staples.

Once the carpet is removed there will be more than likely be large clumps of adhesive staples and dust left on the ground. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Starting at a corner begin pulling the carpet up.

Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. My dilemma is do i need to buy new treads for the stairs. I felt confident that we had treads under the carpet because they were shaped differently. I really would prefer to stain or paint the existing ones but i don t know if they would be enough support for the stairs.