This is our stairs before.
Carpet stairs to wooden stairs.
Remove the carpet from the stairs.
From carpet to wood stairs redo cheater version.
Carpets provide safety for stairs.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
I didn t take a picture of the stairs before with carpet but imagine carpeted stairs in pretty much every house built in the 1980 s that you ve ever entered and you ll have a pretty good idea of what.
Consider that you ve got both padding and carpet working for the cause and you ll realize that bare wooden stairs can in no way match the quiet that carpet offers.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Lots of scraping and lots of painting.
Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads.
Do we have the wood floor on the very top stair on the landing which will be be higher than the rest of the stairs o.
Carpet is great at blunting or even completely eliminating the sound of people walking on wooden stairs.
Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs.
What is the best way to achieve the transition.
Hey all we want to have a carpet stairs leading to a semi solid engineered plank wood landing.
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.
And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly.
Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
It seems the norm is wood to carpet.
Do you have a staircase that could use some help.
Check out my step by step tutorial so that you can redo your own stairs with minimal work and maximum effect.
One thing it doesn t fix though.
After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.
Contributed by cleverly inspired.
Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.
You know all of those stair tutorials that are a lot of work.
Directions for how to update carpeted stairs into a wooden staircase.
Under 100 carpeted stair to wooden tread makeover diy.
They are called retro treads and mine were unstained red oak from lowes.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
First we had to get rid of the existing bullnoses on the stairs.
Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful.
Even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
