Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.
Remove carpet from stairs with landing.
Carefully pry up a corner top or bottom and yank with intermittent pulls.
Spring fever has been hitting me hard lately.
Stain staircase and banister.
Remove carpet from stairs.
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.
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Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife.
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.
Remove the carpet from the stairs.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
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It has taken a lot of patience and planning.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers.
Roll up the removed carpet fasten it with a piece of duct tape to keep it from unrolling and dispose of it in a contractor bag.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
Here was my situation.
If the carpet padding is tacked on simply pull it up and dispose.
Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.
The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.
I want to do stuff make stuff clean stuff.
Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads.
Simply unscrew the clamps at the juncture of horizontal and vertical and place the rod assembly in a safe place.
Aside from plain piles pick from classic.
Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety.
Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing.
Best diy project ever.
Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser.