Tearing Out Carpet On Stairs

Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet.

Tearing out carpet on stairs.

Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter. 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. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife.

Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. I grabbed my razor cutting tool and made the first cut across the carpet at the top of the staircase. If there is no. Heck you will be finding it everywhere for the weeks to come.

Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. Teach your cat that scratching is fine but only on appropriate surfaces. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. Not perfect wood but okay to paint black.

On your picture frames across the floor. Replacing stair treads starts with tearing out carpet then staples and then cutting the old bullnoses. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. Do not tear the carpet up from your staircase.

Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. Unlike other parts of the house stairs have not been claimed by human occupants. If there is carpet on the floor above the top stair cut the carpet under the nose of the top stair using a utility knife. I left a 2 3 inch overhang when i made that first cut because i really didn t have a plan at that moment.

If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. The nose is the lip that extends out over the riser. All this is done inside your house so just imagine where all the dust is going to go.