A while ago we decided to redo stairs in the main part of the house.
Ripped out carpet of stairs and have plywood treads.
It ended up being the perfect size when i was done and i didn t have to rip anything down.
The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.
I am on a tight budget and want to know if i can just sand these and paint them.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
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.
In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.
My hand me down sander had a somewhat effective dust catcher and i followed behind it with our hepa filter vacuum and positioned a box fan in the doorway pointing outside.
On your picture frames across the floor.
I would guess around a three foot square.
Using a disposable sponge brush lay a think coat of stain down on the tread.
But it was rather square.
We have plain old builder s plywood under the carpet.
Fortunately our treads had a bull nose edge.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
I ended up using one stair tread two red oak boards that were 12 or 14 inches wide and a smaller one that was 2 or 3 inches wide.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
We have an old electric mouse sander which when equipped with coarse 60 grit sandpaper did a decent job sanding the stair treads and hardwood landings down to bare wood.
So here are the stairs with the carpet removed and stapled holes filled.
And also i am not sure what color to go with if i am able.
All this is done inside your house so just imagine where all the dust is going to go.
Heck you will be finding it everywhere for the weeks to come.
I cannot stress this enough.
Four disposable brush sponges 3 92.
We had pine so i decided to paint it.
Replacing stair treads starts with tearing out carpet then staples and then cutting the old bullnoses.
Minwax stain quart 7 77.
I need to rip out the unfortunately not so old carpet and do something different.
Once you have coated the entire tread go back and wipe away the excess stain with a rag.
This is our stairs before.
Refinishing our stairs proved to be an exciting project and i am so excited to share our whole process with you.
And it was quite the project.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
If the tread doesn t have a bull nose edge keep or replace the carpet.
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
And it was quite the project.
The stain requires 8 hours to set before you move on to the final couple of steps.
You know rip up the carpet and have hardwood stairs.
