Removing Carpet From Hardwood Stairs

The stairs are the heart of our home.

Removing carpet from hardwood stairs.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Now that that s over with more detail. Pull up until the bottom stair s carpeting is pulled up. Step 2 put on heavy utility gloves and grasp the loose bottom of the carpeting.

Tear out the padding under the carpet. 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. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter every 3rd step to make removal manageable. Waterfall is considered to be the faster method of installing carpet on stairs and uses only one strip of carpeting.

Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Position the nose of the pliers under the bottom edge of the carpeting and clamp the pliers shut on the bottom edge.

Without damaging the wood you must reach under the carpet and pry it free. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward. Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush.

Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping on them. Step 1 get started the hardest part about removing carpet from stairs is starting. 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.

Remove the staples after that. Our were on the treads and the risers. If both the treads and the risers are carpeted you may be able to slide the blade of a utility knife along an edge without scratching the wood. In our little house you can see the living room and the kitchen from the stairs all while yelling up them to anyone who may be in the bedrooms.

Here was my situation. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.