Taking Carpet Runner Off Stairs

Duct tape step 1.

Taking carpet runner off stairs.

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Removing the carpet went a lot faster than i had anticipated and was able to get it done in 2 evenings. Cut the carpet. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the.

We had builder grade runner that was showing its age our house is 11 years old with oak treads underneath. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. The runner was gross and never seemed clean even though we never wear shoes in the house.

Finish removing fasteners and patching holes. We can hear our neighbors going up and down stairs and they have carpet so we don t want to increase the noise we make that they can hear. We built our house with a runner on the stairs but just recently took that off and now have all hardwood stairs. And i have a whole section from the 2nd runner in case i need to replace one stair tread later on like if something gets spilled etc.

Inspect the carpeting on the riser of the upper most stair of the staircase to determine whether the carpet runner is a connected to the carpet. Because i have a child with asthma as well as a dog who thinks he needs to taste anything he can find on the floor i broke it up and completed a stair at a time rolling the carpet up as i went. Pull back the carpet from one upper corner of the top riser far enough to slip a flat pry bar behind. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made.

Durability staircases can get the rough treatment so you need to fit a carpet that can take the hits and still go on looking beautiful. How to remove the carpet from your stairs. How to remove a carpet runner on wood stairs. Remove padding and tack strips step 3.

If you don t have hardwood stairs under your carpet we have a great tutorial on that process here the runner had over the years had gotten worn and dirty and even though it was functional. The things to think about when choosing your stair runner carpet. Begin your carpet removal project step 2. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.

Fortunately you don t have to guess which carpets are tough enough.