Turn Stairs From Carpet To Wood

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.

Turn stairs from carpet to wood.

I left the 5 upper stairs carpet and while it may seem strange it was the easiest place to stop the wood since our family room upstairs had carpeting. Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs. From carpet to wood directions remove the carpet padding and tack strips from the stairs and throw away. Preparation for hardwood ripping up the carpet from your stairway is likely to reveal tack strips along both sides that you can pull up with a pry bar.

What if the children slip she agonized. Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

We tore out all the carpet and installed wood flooring upstairs. There are two methods you can choose from to install hardwood stairs. Glued carpet may leave residue that you need. This is time consuming requires a lot of math and you should have experience with woodworking.

It wasn t visible from down stairs it wasn t visible from down stairs. The other option is to buy premade wood treads and risers. It didn t make a whole lot of sense to leave the stairs carpeted so we decided to update then into a wooden staircase instead. Use pliers to remove all tack strips and staples from the stairs.

You don t want to damage them. Remove the carpet from the stairs. My mother was against it. The first is to buy raw wood and build your new stairs from scratch.

Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. When we bought our house it had carpet all in the upstairs and on the staircase. Remove staples nails or tack strips. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar. This is our stairs before. If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.