Taking Out Carpet On Stairs

I sanded these bad boys 3 different times.

Taking out carpet on stairs.

Over the weekend i got out a crowbar and a staple remover and started ripping out our carpet. I find this one of the easiest way to remove carpet from stairs and at the same time remove 90 of the staples. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. It didn t take long for my husband to hear the siren song of the crow bar and join in.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Carpeted stairs consist of a carpet pad nosing tack strips tread riser and carpet. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. It s important to understand the different parts that make up a carpet stair before getting to work.

Wear proper safety gear such as safety goggles or glasses gloves and a face mask to avoid cuts flying debris and dust while removing the carpet. Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this. 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. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top riser grab the cut end and pull the carpet off the stairs by hand.

Every evening i had to take a shower to get it out of my hair and ears. And then my son joined as well. Removing carpet from stairs is pretty fun. Installing carpet on stairs can be tricky and time consuming but it can be accomplished even by novices with some understanding and patience.

If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. It is amazing the amount of dust is creates. Once you ve figured out what is beneath the carpeting you ll need to break the seam on the edges at some point along the stairs. Once after removing the carpet once after doing the citristrip and a final one for good measure before staining.

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. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. If you re like us you inherited old carpet when you bought the house.