Taking Carpet Runner Off Stairs

Begin your carpet removal project step 2.

Taking carpet runner off stairs.

Durability staircases can get the rough treatment so you need to fit a carpet that can take the hits and still go on looking beautiful. Finish removing fasteners and patching holes. If you don t have hardwood stairs under your carpet we have a great tutorial on that process here the runner had over the years had gotten worn and dirty and even though it was functional. Pull back the carpet from one upper corner of the top riser far enough to slip a flat pry bar behind.

Inspect the carpeting on the riser of the upper most stair of the staircase to determine whether the carpet runner is a connected to the carpet. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the. And i have a whole section from the 2nd runner in case i need to replace one stair tread later on like if something gets spilled etc.

We have 3 kids ages 9 7 and 4 so i wasn t sure how it would be as far as safety goes. The runner was gross and never seemed clean even though we never wear shoes in the house. The things to think about when choosing your stair runner carpet. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.

Fortunately you don t have to guess which carpets are tough enough. We built our house with a runner on the stairs but just recently took that off and now have all hardwood stairs. How to remove a carpet runner on wood stairs. We had builder grade runner that was showing its age our house is 11 years old with oak treads underneath.

Because i have a child with asthma as well as a dog who thinks he needs to taste anything he can find on the floor i broke it up and completed a stair at a time rolling the carpet up as i went. 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. Removing the carpet went a lot faster than i had anticipated and was able to get it done in 2 evenings. 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.

Remove padding and tack strips step 3. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. 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. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.

Cut the carpet.