Carpet Stairs To Wooden Stairs

Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads.

Carpet stairs to wooden stairs.

It seems the norm is wood to carpet. This is our stairs before. Even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring. I didn t take a picture of the stairs before with carpet but imagine carpeted stairs in pretty much every house built in the 1980 s that you ve ever entered and you ll have a pretty good idea of what.

Contributed by cleverly inspired. Remove the carpet from the stairs. Hey all we want to have a carpet stairs leading to a semi solid engineered plank wood landing. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. Check out my step by step tutorial so that you can redo your own stairs with minimal work and maximum effect. Under 100 carpeted stair to wooden tread makeover diy. Consider that you ve got both padding and carpet working for the cause and you ll realize that bare wooden stairs can in no way match the quiet that carpet offers.

First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Do we have the wood floor on the very top stair on the landing which will be be higher than the rest of the stairs o. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.

If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful. Here was my situation. 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. Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs.

First we had to get rid of the existing bullnoses on the stairs. Carpets provide safety for stairs. You know all of those stair tutorials that are a lot of work. They are called retro treads and mine were unstained red oak from lowes.

Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad. Do you have a staircase that could use some help. Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips.

Directions for how to update carpeted stairs into a wooden staircase. From carpet to wood stairs redo cheater version. Carpet is great at blunting or even completely eliminating the sound of people walking on wooden stairs. Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.

Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly. What is the best way to achieve the transition. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.