Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

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Taking carpet off stairs and painting.

Here is my progress so far. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips. 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.

Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. Removing the carpet tacks and staples. 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. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife.

I know it s really bad. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact.

Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. Use pliers to yank. Stain the wood treads.

Tear out the padding. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides. Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety.

Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. 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. Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs.

Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. So bad that i started to question my sanity.

Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint.

Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Our were on the treads and the risers.