Here was my situation.
Carpet stairs to wooden stairs.
Even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Do we have the wood floor on the very top stair on the landing which will be be higher than the rest of the stairs o.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.
You know all of those stair tutorials that are a lot of work.
Remove the carpet from the stairs.
After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.
I didn t take a picture of the stairs before with carpet but imagine carpeted stairs in pretty much every house built in the 1980 s that you ve ever entered and you ll have a pretty good idea of what.
Do you have a staircase that could use some help.
Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.
Check out my step by step tutorial so that you can redo your own stairs with minimal work and maximum effect.
Carpet is great at blunting or even completely eliminating the sound of people walking on wooden stairs.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
It seems the norm is wood to carpet.
What is the best way to achieve the transition.
First we had to get rid of the existing bullnoses on the stairs.
Hey all we want to have a carpet stairs leading to a semi solid engineered plank wood landing.
Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads.
Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs.
They are called retro treads and mine were unstained red oak from lowes.
Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.
Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips.
This is our stairs before.
Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.
One thing it doesn t fix though.
Carpets provide safety for stairs.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Lots of scraping and lots of painting.
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From carpet to wood stairs redo cheater version.
Under 100 carpeted stair to wooden tread makeover diy.
Directions for how to update carpeted stairs into a wooden staircase.
And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly.
Consider that you ve got both padding and carpet working for the cause and you ll realize that bare wooden stairs can in no way match the quiet that carpet offers.
