Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs.

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. Stain staircase and banister. Remove carpet from stairs. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. If you can remove any obstacles on your carpet if needed. 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. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too.

Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out. This is our stairs before. Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

Best diy project ever. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Work in sections about two steps at a time so you are not left pulling on a huge mound of carpet. The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier.

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs. Remove the carpet from the stairs.

Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. 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.

Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter.