Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. I know it s really bad.

Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips.

Stain the wood treads. So bad that i started to question my sanity. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips.

Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. 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.

Will keep you posted. Tear out the padding. Paint the stair risers. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact.

Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. Our were on the treads and the risers. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser.

Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. Use pliers to yank. 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. 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.

Like this gaping hole. Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping. Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.

Here is my progress so far. Removing the carpet tacks and staples.