Diy Taking Carpet Off Stairs

Be careful as you rip and pull as there ll be staples or nails in the carpet.

Diy taking carpet off stairs.

I had no idea what i would find under the carpet. Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser. Stray staples and nails will be scattered throughout the material so continue wearing gloves. I have pinned so many pages on pinterest with what i wanted to do.

Paint the treads black and the risers white. Work from strip to strip. But i had. This diy is a simple video on how to take carpet off of your stairs.

Once the carpet is separated from the tacks along a strip you start to get a handle on it. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing. If needed cut the carpet into manageable pieces with a razor knife and roll them into tubes before placing them into the trash can. 2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag 5 pull up any staples that could be stepped on.

The carpet is held to the stairs along tack strips. Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. Step 3 cut where you can when enough carpet is freed cut it. Use that and rip from there.

I don t routinely eat off of floors lol but if i had to i could totally eat off these stairs soooooo sooo happy that the nasty dust mite infested carpet is long gone. Start at the top of the stairs and remove the carpet with the vise grips and utility knife. If not start at the bottom and use your nail puller to loosen a piece and pull from there to rip the carpet up. Today is the day that carpet is coming off those stairs.

Affiliate links included to support making more. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip. There ll usually be a loose spot somewhere. Removing carpet from stairs basement design staircase remodel staircase design stair remodel stair makeover diy stairs diy staircase basement remodeling entry and staircase makeover reveal chack out how we took our staircase from builder grade to completely custom for less than 150 dollars.

Disposal of old stair carpets is best done in heavy duty trash bags. We will post a follow up video in the future about how to refinish them.