My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Changing stairs to wood from carpet.
When you remove.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost to start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.
The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs.
The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
The first step was obviously removing all the gross carpet and 30 million staples later we were ready to go.
Starting at a corner begin pulling the carpet up.
Here was my situation.
How to replace stair carpet with paint one of the most dramatic remodeling changes you can make is to rip up all the dusty old carpeting in a house and replace it with hardwood.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
It wasn t visible from down stairs.
It helps to use long nose pliers flat head screwdriver and or painter s tool.
Remove carpet from stairs.
I left the 5 upper stairs carpet and while it may seem strange it was the easiest place to stop the wood since our family room upstairs had carpeting.
Before anything can change the old nasty carpet needs to be removed.
A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.
This is our stairs before.
If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood.
In making the decision to replace all the flooring upstairs we realized we would have to do the staircase too or there would be a weird floating carpeted staircase stuck in between the wood flooring upstairs and down.
Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well.
How to change stairs from carpet to laminate.
Would you like to change your carpeted stairs to wood check out how we accomplished out budget stair remodel.
If you are looking to replace the carpet on your stairs with the look and feel of wood laminate flooring can be an affordable option.