Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs.

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs.

Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Here is a quick rundown of what i did. We d like to take the carpet off ours because it s so annoying to vacuum but we live in a row house with the stairs along a shared wall.

Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. Best diy project ever. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier.

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. Steps for removing carpeting from stairs with gloved hands and using a screwdriver 5 in 1 tool or similar implement pry up a corner until you can gain a grip. We can hear our neighbors going up and down stairs and they have carpet so we don t want to increase the noise we make that they can hear. Stain staircase and banister.

You will do lots of pulling and slicing to get the carpet off. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter.

Remove carpet from stairs. Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Work in sections about two steps at a time so you are not left pulling on a huge mound of carpet. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too.

Remove the carpet from the stairs.