Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting.

Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact. This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time.

Removing the carpet tacks and staples. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. Like this gaping hole.

Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs.

Paint the stair risers. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides.

Stain the wood treads. Tear out the padding. I know it s really bad. 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.

Here is my progress so far. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. Will keep you posted.

Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Use pliers to yank. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs.

Our were on the treads and the risers. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell.

Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint. So bad that i started to question my sanity.