Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

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

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs.

Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter.

The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier. Best diy project ever. This is our stairs before. Stain staircase and banister.

Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. 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. Work in sections about two steps at a time so you are not left pulling on a huge mound of carpet.

Remove carpet from stairs. 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. If you can remove any obstacles on your carpet if needed. Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs.

Remove the carpet from the stairs. 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. Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into. Here is a quick rundown of what i did.

Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here. You will do lots of pulling and slicing to get the carpet off. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too.