If you are pulling up carpet from stairs.
Ripping out carpet on stairs.
Removing carpet isn t as simple as ripping it up and throwing it out.
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.
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.
Ripping out carpet and painting stairs.
This has been one of the longest weeks of my life and the final reveal is no where close to being finished.
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To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.
Begin at the top of the stairs.
If not cut the carpet near the top of the top stair riser.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs.
Grab the cut end of carpet and pull it from the stairs using gloved hands.
Carpet tack strips can usually remain in place but look for rust rot or other damage.
Posted on july 2 2014 by k8freeman.
Not my favorite look.
Pry up the metal nosing and remove it if present.
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.
If anyone tries to tell you that this is an easy diy project they are lying.
As i mentioned previously we put in hardwood on the first floor earlier this year.
If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.
Carpet across blogland may be flying off stairs after this one.
Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
Removing old carpet from stairs is an easy diy project you can take on yourself.
I should say we put hardwood in the rooms on the first floor that did not have hardwood i e.
Our spindles are attached directly to our treads so that means the carpet was wrapped around these spindles.
Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place.
Now a couple of pointers.
Start ripping up the carpet.