Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting Them

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.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting them. Step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers. You may need to cut portions of the. Pull off tack strips or pull out nails and staples with the prybar and pliers. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell.

Cut the carpet. 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. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Removing carpet from stairs and painting them.

I also have this to contend with. 2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the.

Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. Scrape any rough. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.

3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag. Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples. My method was this. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs.

Step 3 repair all of the holes in the walls the builders hid with the carpet. 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. Pull up all the carpet pad. 1 pry up the right corner.

Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Step 4 repair the many. 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag. 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.

Painting them black is my plan c in this little stair project of mine. And like i mentioned if i had any delusions of something nice lurking beneath this mess of carpet that was quickly put to rest after the first couple of stairs. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides. How to replace stair carpet with paint 1.

Resist the temptation to pound nails.