Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting Them

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting them.

Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. 1 pry up the right corner. 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.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell. Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up. Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples.

You may need to cut portions of the. Painting them black is my plan c in this little stair project of mine. 4 tear up padding 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.

Step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers. 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. Step 4 repair the many. Pull off tack strips or pull out nails and staples with the prybar and pliers.

I also have this to contend with. Removing carpet from 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. Cut the carpet.

Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. Scrape any rough.

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. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. How to replace stair carpet with paint 1.

I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides. My method was this. 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. Resist the temptation to pound nails.

I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar.