Ripping Up Carpet On Stairs

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.

Ripping up carpet on stairs.

Our spindles are attached directly to our treads so that means the carpet was wrapped around these spindles. 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 anyone tries to tell you that this is an easy diy project they are lying. Pulling carpet up from stairs.

This has been one of the longest weeks of my life and the final reveal is no where close to being finished. This works fine for now. I have hardwood in my foyer which is pretty big and powder room. 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.

It s important to understand the different parts that make up a carpet stair before getting to work. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and create a brighter more modern entry. I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day. 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. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. Ripping up the carpet was hard and messy work. I have two sets of stairs both carpeted and large landing leading to the second level.

Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. I have plans to install hardwoods in our upstairs hallway. Some stairs are covered. Hopefully that will happen next summer.

The builder grade carpet in my 11 year old home is beyond showing it s wear. It was also the easy part. Start ripping up the carpet. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Now a couple of pointers. Take these five things into consideration. Suddenly i was a lot more motivated to rip up the carpet in our stairway.

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.