Tear Up Carpet On Stairs

If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.

Tear up carpet on stairs. To take up all the carpet tack strips just place a flat head screw driver under the strip tap in with the hammer and gently pry it up. Some stairs are covered with short sections of carpet that wrap over just one tread and riser. Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below.

So here is the project replace carpet with stair runner tutorial. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser.

This works fine for now. Find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day. Hopefully that will happen next summer.

I started with the bottom step by using pliers to pull carpet away from stairs. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip. Once you get the carpet up this is what you will see.

One year ago i ripped up all of the beige carpet on my stairs. Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples. I ended up cutting it a little more and folding the carpet under and stapling it down at the edge of the wood that is at the top of the staircase. I have plans to install hardwoods in our upstairs hallway.

Pull up all the carpet pad. I repaired the treads removed. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife. I removed all of the padding tack strips nails and staples.