Jenna shows you how she did it here.
Carpet stairs to wood stairs.
Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Check out my step by step tutorial so that you can redo your own stairs with minimal work and maximum effect.
Cuz no one wants to step on those.
They are called retro treads and mine were unstained red oak from lowes.
The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.
This is our stairs before.
A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.
The transition to the carpeted stairs was easy but important.
This noise may be a result of children once young kids learn all about the staircase they will use them relentlessly.
Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step.
To avoid damage to the wood stairs they used a cat paw and hammer to gently remove the tack strips.
For 10 to 12 steps this costs 1 080 to 2 700 including carpet removal.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
And then they had to work on removing the staples.
You know all of those stair tutorials that are a lot of work.
Remove carpet from stairs.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
Where carpeted stairs really excel is in houses that have noisy stairs.
To start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
The result was a clean transition from wood to carpet.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful.
Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
By stacy of the serene swede.
Lots of scraping and lots of painting.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
Remove varnish from wood stairs.
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After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.
Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs.
Before anything can change the old nasty carpet needs to be removed.
Now that the carpet is removed it s time to sand the threads down and make.
How to remodel stairs from carpet to wood step 1.
The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs.