Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting.

Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. Paint the stair risers. If the 2 3 coats of stain doesn t hide it i will either put up a small piece of molding or just paint the treads black. Will keep you posted.

Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs. This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Tear out the padding.

Stain the wood treads. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs.

Steps for removing carpeting from stairs with gloved hands and using a screwdriver 5 in 1 tool or similar implement pry up a corner until you can gain a grip. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Here is my progress so far.

So bad that i started to question my sanity. Our were on the treads and the risers. Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. I know it s really bad. Use pliers to yank. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.

Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell. Like this gaping hole. Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife.

Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips.

Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.