Tearing Up Carpet On Stairs

To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.

Tearing up carpet on stairs.

2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles. I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day. 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. 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.

With a flat head screw driver up against the nail strip strike the end of the screw driver with a hammer until you can get under the nail strip and pull it up you may want to use gloves during this step. I ended up cutting it a little more and folding the carpet under and stapling it down at the edge of the wood that is at the top of the staircase. 1 pry up the right corner. My method was this.

Some stairs are covered with short sections of carpet that wrap over just one tread and riser. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. The blue stuff is the carpet padding and the arrows show where the nail strips are.

If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. This works fine for now.