Tearing Out Carpet On Stairs

This involves providing alternative scratching surfaces such as cat trees and posts.

Tearing out carpet on stairs. If there is carpet on the floor above the top stair cut the carpet under the nose of the top stair using a utility knife. Here is a quick rundown of what i did. Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet. Teach your cat that scratching is fine but only on appropriate surfaces.

Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. The nose is the lip that extends out over the riser. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.

Not perfect wood but okay to paint black. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. All this is done inside your house so just imagine where all the dust is going to go. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too.

If there is no. I grabbed my razor cutting tool and made the first cut across the carpet at the top of the staircase. Do not tear the carpet up from your staircase. I left a 2 3 inch overhang when i made that first cut because i really didn t have a plan at that moment.

Unlike other parts of the house stairs have not been claimed by human occupants. On your picture frames across the floor. Heck you will be finding it everywhere for the weeks to come. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.

Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. 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. Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter.