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. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar. Cut the carpet. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up.

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. 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag. 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. 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.

Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell. Removing carpet from stairs and painting them. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.

Resist the temptation to pound nails. Step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Scrape any rough.

Painting them black is my plan c in this little stair project of mine. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. 1 pry up the right corner. Step 4 repair the many.

Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. 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 also have this to contend with. Step 3 repair all of the holes in the walls the builders hid with the carpet.

Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. My method was this. 2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.

You may need to cut portions of the. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Pull up all the carpet pad.

How to replace stair carpet with paint 1.