Diy Carpet And Wood Stairs

A step by step diy tutorial on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood give your staircase a makeover by refinishing them.

Diy carpet and wood stairs.

The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. It could not be s. The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs. One thing it doesn t fix though.

60 carpet to hardwood stair remodel. Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap. This is our stairs before. Carpet is great at blunting or even completely eliminating the sound of people walking on wooden stairs.

Stair stairway makeover remodel. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. The stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them. It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath.

Then i promptly started cursing the previous owners for letting the builder cover these beautiful solid wood stairs with carpet but i digress. Consider that you ve got both padding and carpet working for the cause and you ll realize that bare wooden stairs can in no way match the quiet that carpet offers. The carpeted stairs had to go. Prepare your stairs for carpet installation by installing tack strips thin pieces of wood resembling yardsticks with tacks pointing upward.

Carpet to wood stairs. To my pleasant surprise when i pulled back the carpet i discovered we actually had solid bull nosed stair treads underneath all that ugly velcro y carpet. But under the carpet was raw jagged uneven wood. Plus check out our favorite featured staircases and then 25 great staircases and entries and now that you ve got stair envy here s stacy to share her carpet to wood stair remodel you might remember her 20 board and batten kitchen island stacy knows how to stretch a dollar.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Here was my situation. And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly. These will grip the carpet backing and hold it in place.

Transforming your stairs from carpet to wood treads will be a project to be proud of and you ll be so glad you did. Maybe we could refinish the stairs. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.