Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

This is our stairs before.

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs. Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out. 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. Remove carpet from stairs. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Stain staircase and banister.

Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier. Best diy project ever.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. Here is a quick rundown of what i did. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below.

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. 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. Work in sections about two steps at a time so you are not left pulling on a huge mound of carpet. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

Remove the carpet from the stairs. If you can remove any obstacles on your carpet if needed. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too.

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.