Carpet Stairs To Wood Stairs

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

Carpet stairs to wood stairs.

Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they. And then they had to work on removing the staples. A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour. If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Here s stacy to share her carpet to wood stair remodel you might remember her 20 board and batten kitchen island stacy knows how to stretch a dollar 60 carpet to hardwood stair remodel. Remove varnish from wood stairs. This is our stairs before.

Now that the carpet is removed it s time to sand the threads down and make. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar. The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs.

Before anything can change the old nasty carpet needs to be removed. Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step. After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad. Here was my situation.

Jenna shows you how she did it here. This noise may be a result of children once young kids learn all about the staircase they will use them relentlessly. I am so happy to guest blogging again on one of my favorite blogosphere stops. Where carpeted stairs really excel is in houses that have noisy stairs.

By stacy of the serene swede. For 10 to 12 steps this costs 1 080 to 2 700 including carpet removal. The result was a clean transition from wood to carpet. To start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.

Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs. You know all of those stair tutorials that are a lot of work. Remove carpet from stairs. The transition to the carpeted stairs was easy but important.

Cuz no one wants to step on those. Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost. They are called retro treads and mine were unstained red oak from lowes. Lots of scraping and lots of painting.

Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

How to remodel stairs from carpet to wood step 1. To avoid damage to the wood stairs they used a cat paw and hammer to gently remove the tack strips.