Diy Carpet And Wood Stairs

60 carpet to hardwood stair remodel.

Diy carpet and wood stairs.

Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap. 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. Then i promptly started cursing the previous owners for letting the builder cover these beautiful solid wood stairs with carpet but i digress. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.

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. Find the answer to your problems here with this tutorial from tracie at cleverly inspired. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.

And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly. Carpet to wood stairs. It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath. This is our stairs before.

The carpeted stairs had to go. A step by step diy tutorial on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood give your staircase a makeover by refinishing them. Stair stairway makeover remodel. Prepare your stairs for carpet installation by installing tack strips thin pieces of wood resembling yardsticks with tacks pointing upward.

Transforming your stairs from carpet to wood treads will be a project to be proud of and you ll be so glad you did. The stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them. Carpet is great at blunting or even completely eliminating the sound of people walking on wooden stairs. Maybe we could refinish the stairs.

One thing it doesn t fix though. Here was my situation. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

But under the carpet was raw jagged uneven wood. These will grip the carpet backing and hold it in place. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.