Remove Carpet From Stairs With Landing

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Remove carpet from stairs with landing.

Roll up the removed carpet fasten it with a piece of duct tape to keep it from unrolling and dispose of it in a contractor bag. Simply unscrew the clamps at the juncture of horizontal and vertical and place the rod assembly in a safe place. Carefully pry up a corner top or bottom and yank with intermittent pulls. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

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. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. It has taken a lot of patience and planning. Stain staircase and banister.

Here was my situation. Aside from plain piles pick from classic. Spring fever has been hitting me hard lately. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.

Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife. I want to do stuff make stuff clean stuff. Remove carpet from stairs. Best diy project ever.

I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. If the carpet padding is tacked on simply pull it up and dispose. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below.

Step 3 repair all of the holes in the walls the builders hid with the carpet. Find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. Remove the carpet from the stairs.

Removing carpet runners that have bar rods and floor clamps is much easier although you might need to remove adhesive as part of the process.