Changing Stairs To Wood From Carpet

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.

Changing stairs to wood from carpet.

Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. It helps to use long nose pliers flat head screwdriver and or painter s tool. When you remove.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. How to change stairs from carpet to laminate.

Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost to start removing carpet costs 75 to 300. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front. In making the decision to replace all the flooring upstairs we realized we would have to do the staircase too or there would be a weird floating carpeted staircase stuck in between the wood flooring upstairs and down. A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Here was my situation. If you are looking to replace the carpet on your stairs with the look and feel of wood laminate flooring can be an affordable option. Starting at a corner begin pulling the carpet up.

Before anything can change the old nasty carpet needs to be removed. How to replace stair carpet with paint one of the most dramatic remodeling changes you can make is to rip up all the dusty old carpeting in a house and replace it with hardwood. Would you like to change your carpeted stairs to wood check out how we accomplished out budget stair remodel. Remove carpet from stairs.

This is our stairs before. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. I left the 5 upper stairs carpet and while it may seem strange it was the easiest place to stop the wood since our family room upstairs had carpeting. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.

If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.