Taking Carpet Off Hardwood Stairs

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.

Taking carpet off hardwood stairs.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. Work in sections about two steps at a time so you are not left pulling on a huge mound of carpet. Apply leverage with the angled tip to pop the staples out. Stain staircase and banister.

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Once the carpet is removed you might be thinking wow what have i gotten myself into. 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.

Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. Remove the carpet from the stairs. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs.

Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. 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. 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.

You will do lots of pulling and slicing to get the carpet off. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here. The staple remover that i used was bought for stripping upholstery but it made the job so much easier.

This is our stairs before. Here is a quick rundown of what i did. If you can remove any obstacles on your carpet if needed. Remove carpet from stairs.

Best diy project ever.