Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs.

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. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. This is our stairs before. Stain staircase and banister.

Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. You will do lots of pulling and slicing to get the carpet off. Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into.

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. Best diy project ever. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.

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. Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. Here is a quick rundown of what i did.

Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Remove the carpet from the stairs. Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. Remove carpet from stairs. The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier. 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.

Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out.