Ripping Out Carpet On Stairs

Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present.

Ripping out carpet on stairs.

Check out our flooring ideas playlist for more tips. Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. Begin at the top of the stairs.

I think the previous owners who. Now a couple of pointers. Removing old carpet from stairs is an easy diy project you can take on yourself. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.

Not my favorite look. Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out. Ripping out carpet and painting stairs. Carpet across blogland may be flying off stairs after this one.

As i mentioned previously we put in hardwood on the first floor earlier this year. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. Our spindles are attached directly to our treads so that means the carpet was wrapped around these spindles. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.

Posted on july 2 2014 by k8freeman. 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. I should say we put hardwood in the rooms on the first floor that did not have hardwood i e. Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage.

The family room living room and dining room. Let me remind you what the stairs looked like before matted ugly carpet that was wrapped around those ends of the stairs on the left like a furry little animal. This has been one of the longest weeks of my life and the final reveal is no where close to being finished. This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. For safety reasons aka our child we could not remove the spindles at this time so it was a lot of extra work on dan s part to pull the carpet up. Start ripping up the carpet. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser.