Replacing Carpet On Stairs With Hardwood

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Replacing carpet on stairs with hardwood.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. If the stairs are already made of hardwood it s possible to install the new stairs over the old ones although modifications may be necessary if the new stairs overlap the stair stringer or.

How to replace stair carpet with paint one of the most dramatic remodeling changes you can make is to rip up all the dusty old carpeting in a house and replace it with hardwood. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well. This is our stairs before. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.

Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Visit the chapters below go to matching floors stair treads. 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.

The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. The new hardwood stairs will be attached to the substrate. This web page originated in 2004 as a how to install plank flooring on stairs. If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.