Because i have a child with asthma as well as a dog who thinks he needs to taste anything he can find on the floor i broke it up and completed a stair at a time rolling the carpet up as i went.
Remove carpet on stairs and new treafds.
After tackling the carpet on a few stairs we learned some things and got into a rhythm.
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.
If your stairs are carpeted the first thing you ll have to do is pull up the carpeting.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
Carpeted stairs consist of a carpet pad nosing tack strips tread riser and carpet.
I find this one of the easiest way to remove carpet from stairs and at the same time remove 90 of the staples.
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.
Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
We found that the best method was to start out by slicing the carpet down the middle of the tread lengthwise with your carpet knife.
Then you have to cut glue and nail in your new treads.
And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly.
Transforming your stairs from carpet to wood treads will be a project to be proud of and you ll be so glad you did.
Replacing the treads of your stairs which are the parts you step on is a great way to revamp an old staircase.
Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.
You don t want to go all the way through the carpet and scratch the wood beneath so be sure.
As tempting as it may be to just grab a loose corner of carpet and start pulling preparing ahead of time and following a proper sequence.
Removing the carpet went a lot faster than i had anticipated and was able to get it done in 2 evenings.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip.
Find the answer to your problems here with this tutorial from tracie at cleverly inspired.
If not you can go right to measuring and removing the old treads.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below.