Take Carpet Off Stairs

Begin your carpet removal project step 2.

Take carpet off stairs.

After i removed the padding i used a crowbar hammer and a flat edged screwdriver to remove the tack strip and staples. Finish removing fasteners and patching holes. Step 3 cut where you can. Step 4 tack strips and padding.

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. 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. Without damaging the wood you must reach under the carpet.

If there is carpet on the floor above the top stair cut the carpet under the nose of the top stair using a utility. Remove padding and tack strips step 3. Ok maybe not quite that many but it sure felt like it. The hardest part about removing carpet from stairs is starting.

Remove the carpet from the stairs. 2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. My method was this.

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. 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. Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up. 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.

Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Every 3 stairs i used a box cutter to cut the carpet from side to side. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. Cut the carpet.

Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples. 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar. Step 1 get started.

This was a simple system that worked great and will also be how i handle it when dealing with the basement stairs too. Duct tape step 1. Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

Using locking pliers pry a small corner of carpet away from a riser to determine the material underneath and decide on. Step 2 wonder bar. How to remove carpet from wood stairs. 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag.