Carpet Stairs To Wood Stairs

Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

Carpet stairs to wood stairs.

Lots of scraping and lots of painting. To start removing carpet costs 75 to 300. To avoid damage to the wood stairs they used a cat paw and hammer to gently remove the tack strips. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.

Where carpeted stairs really excel is in houses that have noisy stairs. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips. Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step.

The transition to the carpeted stairs was easy but important. Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood. Here s stacy to share her carpet to wood stair remodel you might remember her 20 board and batten kitchen island stacy knows how to stretch a dollar 60 carpet to hardwood stair remodel. Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs.

The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour. Remove carpet from stairs. Now that the carpet is removed it s time to sand the threads down and make.

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. You know all of those stair tutorials that are a lot of work. Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.

This noise may be a result of children once young kids learn all about the staircase they will use them relentlessly. The result was a clean transition from wood to carpet. First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar. If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful.

After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad. Cuz no one wants to step on those. I am so happy to guest blogging again on one of my favorite blogosphere stops. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

For 10 to 12 steps this costs 1 080 to 2 700 including carpet removal. Remove varnish from wood stairs. And then they had to work on removing the staples. Check out my step by step tutorial so that you can redo your own stairs with minimal work and maximum effect.

By stacy of the serene swede. From carpet to wood stairs redo cheater version. Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they. Here was my situation.

They are called retro treads and mine were unstained red oak from lowes. This is our stairs before.