Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting

Our were on the treads and the risers.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting.

Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Removing the carpet tacks and staples. Here is my progress so far. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.

Use a hammer to pull out stray tack strip nails or hammer in any nails that aren t flush. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Use a crow bar to remove the tack strips. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.

Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads. 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. Tear out the padding.

You may need to cut portions of the carpeting away with a utility knife to loosen the first few strips. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife. Will keep you posted. Paint the stair risers.

Instructions remove the carpet from the stairs. Stain the wood treads. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing.

Throw them away as you remove them to avoid accidentally stepping. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.

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. I know it s really bad. 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. Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.

Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them. So bad that i started to question my sanity. Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint. Like this gaping hole.

In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs.