If not cut the carpet near the top of the top riser grab the cut end and pull the carpet off the stairs by hand.
Cannot remove carpet on stairs.
The stairs are the heart of our home.
Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.
Begin your carpet removal project step 2.
I removed all of the padding tack strips nails and staples.
Cut the carpet.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the.
One year ago i ripped up all of the beige carpet on my stairs.
Using locking pliers pry a small corner of carpet away from a riser to determine the material underneath and decide on.
To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.
Spring fever has been hitting me hard lately.
Some stairs are covered with short sections of carpet that wrap over just one tread and riser.
We found that the best method was to start out by slicing the carpet down the middle of the tread lengthwise with your carpet knife.
I repaired the treads removed.
Remove padding and tack strips step 3.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar.
If there is carpet on the floor above the top stair cut the carpet under the nose of the top stair using a utility.
Why remove the carpet from stairs.
It has taken a lot of patience and planning.
I find this one of the easiest way to remove carpet from stairs and at the same time remove 90 of the staples.
I want to do stuff make stuff clean stuff.
Finish removing fasteners and patching holes.
In our little house you can see the living room and the kitchen from the stairs all while yelling up them to anyone who may be in the bedrooms.
You don t want to go all the way through the carpet and scratch the wood beneath so be sure to hold one side of the carpet up with your hand while you cut.
After tackling the carpet on a few stairs we learned some things and got into a rhythm.
Now that that s over with more detail.
Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs.
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.
If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
I ve had my eye on removing the carpet from the stairs for some time.
Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place.