Removing Carpet From Hardwood Stairs

Our were on the treads and the risers.

Removing carpet from hardwood stairs.

If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet. Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping on them. Pull up until the bottom stair s carpeting is pulled up. Here was my situation.

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. Position the nose of the pliers under the bottom edge of the carpeting and clamp the pliers shut on the bottom edge. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Removing the carpet tacks and staples.

Step 2 put on heavy utility gloves and grasp the loose bottom of the carpeting. In our little house you can see the living room and the kitchen from the stairs all while yelling up them to anyone who may be in the bedrooms. I ve had my eye on removing the carpet from the stairs for some time. Why remove the carpet from stairs.

Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. Step 1 get started the hardest part about removing carpet from stairs is starting. Waterfall is considered to be the faster method of installing carpet on stairs and uses only one strip of carpeting. Now that that s over with more detail.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Tear out the padding under the carpet. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter every 3rd step to make removal manageable.

After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward. If both the treads and the risers are carpeted you may be able to slide the blade of a utility knife along an edge without scratching the wood. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. 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.

8 for a 2 pack of crow bars. Remove the staples after that. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.