Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
Taking out carpet on stairs.
Once you ve figured out what is beneath the carpeting you ll need to break the seam on the edges at some point along the stairs.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
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.
And then my son joined as well.
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.
Every evening i had to take a shower to get it out of my hair and ears.
It didn t take long for my husband to hear the siren song of the crow bar and join in.
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.
It is amazing the amount of dust is creates.
If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.
Once after removing the carpet once after doing the citristrip and a final one for good measure before staining.
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.
Removing carpet from stairs is pretty fun.
Once you have selected your carpet measured and prepped your stairs you are ready to begin installing your new carpet before getting started be sure to learn the terms for the different parts of your staircase.
Over the weekend i got out a crowbar and a staple remover and started ripping out our carpet.
I find this one of the easiest way to remove carpet from stairs and at the same time remove 90 of the staples.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
I sanded these bad boys 3 different times.
To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.
Installing carpet on stairs can be tricky and time consuming but it can be accomplished even by novices with some understanding and patience.
If you re like us you inherited old carpet when you bought the house.
It s important to understand the different parts that make up a carpet stair before getting to work.
Carpeted stairs consist of a carpet pad nosing tack strips tread riser and carpet.