Scrape any rough.
Taking carpet off stairs and painting them.
If the 2 3 coats of stain doesn t hide it i will either put up a small piece of molding or just paint the treads black.
Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up.
2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles.
I also have this to contend with.
Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made.
Removing carpet from stairs and painting them.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
1 pry up the right corner.
Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples.
Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell.
Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.
You may need to cut portions of the.
Step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers.
In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.
Painting them black is my plan c in this little stair project of mine.
Pull up all the carpet pad.
3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.
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.
Resist the temptation to pound nails.
I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides.
Step 3 repair all of the holes in the walls the builders hid with the carpet.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the.
Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.
Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs.
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.
Pull off tack strips or pull out nails and staples with the prybar and pliers.
Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
Step 4 repair the many.
My method was this.
Cut the carpet.
How to replace stair carpet with paint 1.