Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

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

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs.

Remove the carpet from the stairs. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. You will do lots of pulling and slicing to get the carpet off. Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us.

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 carpet from stairs. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.

We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here. We can hear our neighbors going up and down stairs and they have carpet so we don t want to increase the noise we make that they can hear. Here is a quick rundown of what i did. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

Stain staircase and banister. 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. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier. If you can remove any obstacles on your carpet if needed. This is our stairs before. 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. Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into. Steps for removing carpeting from stairs with gloved hands and using a screwdriver 5 in 1 tool or similar implement pry up a corner until you can gain a grip. Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out.

Best diy project ever.