Take Carpet Off Stairs

Step 3 cut where you can.

Take carpet off stairs. Without damaging the wood you must reach under the carpet. Cut the carpet. Every 3 stairs i used a box cutter to cut the carpet from side to side. How to remove carpet from wood stairs.

Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the. If there is carpet on the floor above the top stair cut the carpet under the nose of the top stair using a utility. Step 5 tacks. 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.

Begin your carpet removal project step 2. Step 1 get started. Remove padding and tack strips step 3. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.

Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples. 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. After i removed the padding i used a crowbar hammer and a flat edged screwdriver to remove the tack strip and staples. Duct tape step 1.

Ok maybe not quite that many but it sure felt like it. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. My method was this.

I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. 1 pry up the right corner. Step 2 wonder bar.

Using locking pliers pry a small corner of carpet away from a riser to determine the material underneath and decide on. Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs. Remove the carpet from the stairs. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. To take up all the carpet tack strips just place a flat head screw driver under the strip tap in with the hammer and gently pry it up. This was a simple system that worked great and will also be how i handle it when dealing with the basement stairs too. Finish removing fasteners and patching holes.

Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up. 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag. Step 4 tack strips and padding. 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag.