Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made.
Taking carpet off srasirs.
Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.
Then rock the bar up and down and pry that baby off.
I have pinned so many pages on pinterest with what i wanted to do.
To get the tack strips off the treads you ll need a large pry bar and a hammer.
That carpet is coming off those stairs.
Paint the treads black and the risers white.
Not perfect wood but okay to paint.
When enough carpet is freed cut it with the utility knife.
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.
Begin your carpet removal project step 2.
The carpet is held to the stairs along tack strips.
But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact.
Remove padding and tack strips step 3.
Cut the carpet.
Duct tape step 1.
Finish removing fasteners and patching holes.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the.
Stick the bar under the strip and hammer it in until you get some leverage.
I had no idea what i would find under the carpet.
Like this gaping hole.
4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag.
Once the carpet is separated from the tacks along a strip you start to get a handle on it.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar.
Some of these came right off some came off in pieces.
Work from strip to strip.
2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles.
Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.
So bad that i started to question my sanity.
Step 3 cut where you can.
In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.
Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair.
3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.
But i had pulled a little bit back on the top step and saw that there was at least an overhang on the treads.
I know it s really bad.