Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs.

Stain staircase and banister. Work in sections about two steps at a time so you are not left pulling on a huge mound of carpet. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here.

Best diy project ever. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. This is our stairs before. We can hear our neighbors going up and down stairs and they have carpet so we don t want to increase the noise we make that they can hear.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.

If you can remove any obstacles on your carpet if needed. We d like to take the carpet off ours because it s so annoying to vacuum but we live in a row house with the stairs along a shared wall. Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

You will do lots of pulling and slicing to get the carpet off. Remove the carpet from the stairs. Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out. Steps for removing carpeting from stairs with gloved hands and using a screwdriver 5 in 1 tool or similar implement pry up a corner until you can gain a grip.

The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier. Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads.

Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below.