4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag.
Taking carpet off srasirs.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar.
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.
My method was this.
Step 3 cut where you can.
1 pry up the right corner.
Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made.
Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.
So bad that i started to question my sanity.
In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.
The carpet is held to the stairs along tack strips.
It is likely that the carpet was installed in segments so this step may be unnecessary.
Some of these came right off some came off in pieces.
To get the tack strips off the treads you ll need a large pry bar and a hammer.
Stick the bar under the strip and hammer it in until you get some leverage.
Duct tape step 1.
2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles.
But i had pulled a little bit back on the top step and saw that there was at least an overhang on the treads.
Once the carpet is separated from the tacks along a strip you start to get a handle on it.
That carpet is coming off those stairs.
Begin your carpet removal project step 2.
I have pinned so many pages on pinterest with what i wanted to do.
I had no idea what i would find under the carpet.
Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair.
But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact.
Work from strip to strip.
Cut the carpet.
Not perfect wood but okay to paint.
Paint the treads black and the risers white.
Then rock the bar up and down and pry that baby off.
Remove padding and tack strips step 3.
3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.
I know it s really bad.
When enough carpet is freed cut it with the utility knife.