I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip.
Remove carpet on stairs and new treafds.
Replacing the treads of your stairs which are the parts you step on is a great way to revamp an old staircase.
Removing the carpet went a lot faster than i had anticipated and was able to get it done in 2 evenings.
Because i have a child with asthma as well as a dog who thinks he needs to taste anything he can find on the floor i broke it up and completed a stair at a time rolling the carpet up as i went.
Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs.
You don t want to go all the way through the carpet and scratch the wood beneath so be sure.
I find this one of the easiest way to remove carpet from stairs and at the same time remove 90 of the staples.
And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly.
Find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.
We found that the best method was to start out by slicing the carpet down the middle of the tread lengthwise with your carpet knife.
If not you can go right to measuring and removing the old treads.
Find the answer to your problems here with this tutorial from tracie at cleverly inspired.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
Transforming your stairs from carpet to wood treads will be a project to be proud of and you ll be so glad you did.
After tackling the carpet on a few stairs we learned some things and got into a rhythm.
Carpeted stairs consist of a carpet pad nosing tack strips tread riser and carpet.
As tempting as it may be to just grab a loose corner of carpet and start pulling preparing ahead of time and following a proper sequence.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
If your stairs are carpeted the first thing you ll have to do is pull up the carpeting.
Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below.
Then you have to cut glue and nail in your new treads.
Wear proper safety gear such as safety goggles or glasses gloves and a face mask to avoid cuts flying debris and dust while removing the carpet.