Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting Them

If the 2 3 coats of stain doesn t hide it i will either put up a small piece of molding or just paint the treads black.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting them.

Painting them black is my plan c in this little stair project of mine. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Step 4 repair the many. 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.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides.

Removing carpet from stairs and painting them. Step 3 repair all of the holes in the walls the builders hid with the carpet. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. And like i mentioned if i had any delusions of something nice lurking beneath this mess of carpet that was quickly put to rest after the first couple of stairs.

Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up. Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell.

Pull off tack strips or pull out nails and staples with the prybar and pliers. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the. Step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers. Pull up all the carpet pad.

Resist the temptation to pound nails. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. My method was this. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar.

Scrape any rough. How to replace stair carpet with paint 1. Cut the carpet. I also have this to contend with.

In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. 2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles. Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples. To take up all the carpet tack strips just place a flat head screw driver under the strip tap in with the hammer and gently pry it up.

4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag.