Carpet across blogland may be flying off stairs after this one.
Ripping out carpet on stairs.
Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage.
Posted on july 2 2014 by k8freeman.
If you are pulling up carpet from stairs.
If anyone tries to tell you that this is an easy diy project they are lying.
Removing old carpet from stairs is an easy diy project you can take on yourself.
For safety reasons aka our child we could not remove the spindles at this time so it was a lot of extra work on dan s part to pull the carpet up.
As i mentioned previously we put in hardwood on the first floor earlier this year.
Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.
Ripping out carpet and painting stairs.
To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.
If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.
The family room living room and dining room.
Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands.
This has been one of the longest weeks of my life and the final reveal is no where close to being finished.
If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser.
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.
Begin at the top of the stairs.
Our spindles are attached directly to our treads so that means the carpet was wrapped around these spindles.
I should say we put hardwood in the rooms on the first floor that did not have hardwood i e.
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.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
Start ripping up the carpet.
Not my favorite look.
I think the previous owners who.
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After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs.