Ripping Up Carpet On Stairs

Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and create a brighter more modern entry.

Ripping up carpet on stairs.

I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day. Take these five things into consideration. I m working on replacing the carpet downstairs in dr lr fr with hardwood but is still an issue. The builder grade carpet in my 11 year old home is beyond showing it s wear.

Some stairs are covered. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. It s important to understand the different parts that make up a carpet stair before getting to work. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.

If anyone tries to tell you that this is an easy diy project they are lying. 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. 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 ended up cutting it a little more and folding the carpet under and stapling it down at the edge of the wood that is at the top of the staircase.

Start ripping up the carpet. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. Ripping up the carpet was hard and messy work. If that s the case with your carpeted stairs you may be thinking of tearing up the carpet to give it an update or replace it with a new look entirely.

Hopefully that will happen next summer. This works fine for now. Wear proper safety gear such as safety goggles or glasses gloves and a face mask to avoid cuts flying debris and dust while removing the carpet. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place.

Our spindles are attached directly to our treads so that means the carpet was wrapped around these spindles. Carpeted stairs consist of a carpet pad nosing tack strips tread riser and carpet. I have hardwood in my foyer which is pretty big and powder room. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.

This has been one of the longest weeks of my life and the final reveal is no where close to being finished. So back in the early days of our coronavirus quarantine i decided it was as good a time as any to pull up all the gross old carpet in the entryway and refinish the hardwood stairs underneath. It was also the easy part. Now a couple of pointers.

I have plans to install hardwoods in our upstairs hallway.