Removing Carpet And Installing Hardwood Stairs

Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared.

Removing carpet and installing hardwood stairs.

Carpet padding strips staples nails glue. If your carpeted stairs are flanked by pieces of hardwood chances are that the hardwood flooring does not extend beyond the edges that you can see. Builders commonly recreate the high end look of more expensive full length steps by installing pieces on the edges instead of complete hardwood risers. Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Remove carpet first prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar. This includes costs for removing the old all materials and installation of the replacement. 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.

Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left. The basic rule of thumb with removing the carpet for a hardwood installation is that you just go in reverse to take things back to the original subfloor. Here was my situation. Average cost to remove and replace a carpet.

Cutting rough framing stair nosing. Start installation from the bottom and move up. If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.

The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. Replace a carpet with hardwood flooring. First check under the carpet. The average cost to install a new carpet is 685 for a 12 by 12 foot room.

Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this. Measure cut and install stair.