Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting.

Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. Paint the stair risers. Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping.

Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. 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. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell.

Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Here is my progress so far.

I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides. I know it s really bad. So bad that i started to question my sanity. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.

Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. 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.

Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint. Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife.

Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. Will keep you posted. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Use pliers to yank.

Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. Tear out the padding. Like this gaping hole. Removing the carpet tacks and staples.

Stain the wood treads. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact.