Removing Carpet And Installing Hardwood Stairs

Replace a carpet with hardwood flooring.

Removing carpet and installing hardwood stairs.

Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers. This includes costs for removing the old all materials and installation of the replacement. Cutting rough framing stair nosing. Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this.

Measure cut and install stair. The average cost to install a new carpet is 685 for a 12 by 12 foot room. Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.

If your carpeted stairs are flanked by pieces of hardwood chances are that the hardwood flooring does not extend beyond the edges that you can see. Builders commonly recreate the high end look of more expensive full length steps by installing pieces on the edges instead of complete hardwood risers. Labor rates total 4 25 to 9 25 per square foot to remove the old carpet and. Start installation from the bottom and move up.

Carpet padding strips staples nails glue. The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs. First check under the carpet. Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left.

Remove carpet first prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar. Here was my situation. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.

The basic rule of thumb with removing the carpet for a hardwood installation is that you just go in reverse to take things back to the original subfloor. Hardwood stairs average 100 to 200 per step including labor a flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps and would cost 1 000 to 2 400.