Ripping Up Carpet On Stairs

It was also the easy part.

Ripping up carpet on stairs.

I ended up cutting it a little more and folding the carpet under and stapling it down at the edge of the wood that is at the top of the staircase. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. Wear proper safety gear such as safety goggles or glasses gloves and a face mask to avoid cuts flying debris and dust while removing the carpet. This works fine for now.

I have plans to install hardwoods in our upstairs hallway. Take these five things into consideration. Start ripping up the carpet. Now a couple of pointers.

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. I m working on replacing the carpet downstairs in dr lr fr with hardwood but is still an issue. Hopefully that will happen next summer. I have hardwood in my foyer which is pretty big and powder room.

It s important to understand the different parts that make up a carpet stair before getting to work. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. Some stairs are covered. I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day.

Suddenly i was a lot more motivated to rip up the carpet in our stairway. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. If that s the case with your carpeted stairs you may be thinking of tearing up the carpet to give it an update or replace it with a new look entirely. If anyone tries to tell you that this is an easy diy project they are lying.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. Pulling carpet up from stairs. 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.

I have two sets of stairs both carpeted and large landing leading to the second level. Carpeted stairs consist of a carpet pad nosing tack strips tread riser and carpet. So back in the early days of our coronavirus quarantine i decided it was as good a time as any to pull up all the gross old carpet in the entryway and refinish the hardwood stairs underneath. This has been one of the longest weeks of my life and the final reveal is no where close to being finished.

The builder grade carpet in my 11 year old home is beyond showing it s wear.