Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting.

After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. Tear out the padding. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping. Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips.

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Will keep you posted. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.

Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Paint the stair risers. Removing the carpet tacks and staples.

Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs. 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. Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint. If the 2 3 coats of stain doesn t hide it i will either put up a small piece of molding or just paint the treads black.

Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. Stain the wood treads. Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

Our were on the treads and the risers. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. 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. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.

Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. Here is my progress so far. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact.

Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. I know it s really bad.