Removing Carpet From Hardwood Stairs

If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet.

Removing carpet from hardwood stairs.

Here was my situation. Remove the staples after that. Our were on the treads and the risers. Tear out the padding under the carpet.

Step 1 get started the hardest part about removing carpet from stairs is starting. Pull up until the bottom stair s carpeting is pulled up. Without damaging the wood you must reach under the carpet and pry it free. Why remove the carpet from stairs.

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. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. 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.

Step 2 put on heavy utility gloves and grasp the loose bottom of the carpeting. 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. Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward.

Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. Now that that s over with more detail. 8 for a 2 pack of crow bars.

Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping on them. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. The stairs are the heart of our home.

Position the nose of the pliers under the bottom edge of the carpeting and clamp the pliers shut on the bottom edge. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. 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.