And then they had to work on removing the staples.
Carpet stairs to wood stairs.
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.
How to remodel stairs from carpet to wood step 1.
They are called retro treads and mine were unstained red oak from lowes.
The transition to the carpeted stairs was easy but important.
A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.
Check out my step by step tutorial so that you can redo your own stairs with minimal work and maximum effect.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
Here s stacy to share her carpet to wood stair remodel you might remember her 20 board and batten kitchen island stacy knows how to stretch a dollar 60 carpet to hardwood stair remodel.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Remove varnish from wood stairs.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.
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Where carpeted stairs really excel is in houses that have noisy stairs.
Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips.
Here was my situation.
Remove carpet from stairs.
By stacy of the serene swede.
Now that the carpet is removed it s time to sand the threads down and make.
Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
To avoid damage to the wood stairs they used a cat paw and hammer to gently remove the tack strips.
Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
This is our stairs before.
Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs.
The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.
Jenna shows you how she did it here.
You know all of those stair tutorials that are a lot of work.
Cuz no one wants to step on those.
From carpet to wood stairs redo cheater version.
Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step.
Lots of scraping and lots of painting.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
This noise may be a result of children once young kids learn all about the staircase they will use them relentlessly.
To start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.