Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting.

Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off.

Will keep you posted. Stain the wood treads. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made.

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

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. 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. Use pliers to yank.

Paint the stair risers. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact. After much internal debate i couldn t take it anymore and started ripping up the carpet on our stairs. Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush.

Our were on the treads and the risers. Like this gaping hole. Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.

Tear out the padding. I know it s really bad. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips.

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. Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs. You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips. 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.

Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping. Here is my progress so far.