Replacing Carpeted Steps With Wood

It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath.

Replacing carpeted steps with wood.

Replacing the treads of your stairs which are the parts you step on is a great way to revamp an old staircase. This is our stairs before. If your stairs are carpeted the first thing you ll have to do is pull up the carpeting. Then you have to cut glue and nail in your new treads.

Hi there i am redoing the basement of my trilevel including replacing old carpet with allure vinyl plank. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. A step by step diy tutorial on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood give your staircase a makeover by refinishing them. The stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well. The stairs up to the main level are also carpeted and the main level is a parquet.

If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front. Maybe we could refinish the stairs. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

Replacing carpeted stairs with hardwood does not have to be an expensive and time consuming task. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Replacing carpeted stairs with wood. The most popular form of stairs wood stairs and railings are found in many homes.

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. If not you can go right to measuring and removing the old treads. One of the issues we found when we were replacing the stair treads was a big gap on the both sides of the tread up against the wall. We didn t want to cover the gap with strange moldings because inevitably that would look a.

To avoid multiple flooring and awkward transitions and to get rid of the nasty old carpet i ve also torn the.