This works fine for now.
Tearing up carpet on stairs.
To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.
The blue stuff is the carpet padding and the arrows show where the nail strips are.
Hopefully that will happen next summer.
Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair.
With a flat head screw driver up against the nail strip strike the end of the screw driver with a hammer until you can get under the nail strip and pull it up you may want to use gloves during this step.
4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag.
I have plans to install hardwoods in our upstairs hallway.
If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.
I ended up cutting it a little more and folding the carpet under and stapling it down at the edge of the wood that is at the top of the staircase.
2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles.
If not cut the carpet near the top of the top riser grab the cut end and pull the carpet off the stairs by hand.
1 pry up the right corner.
3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.
I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day.