Changing Stairs From Carpet To Hardwood

Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.

Changing stairs from carpet to hardwood.

Hardwood stairs average 100 to 200 per step including labor a flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps and would cost 1 000 to 2 400. When we bought our house it had carpet all in the upstairs and on the staircase. The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs. It didn t make a whole lot of sense to leave the stairs carpeted so we decided to update then into a wooden staircase instead.

Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors. This is our stairs before. What if the children slip she agonized. Remove carpet from stairs.

The softer material can still be found though in most bedrooms and on stairs. Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Before anything can change the old nasty carpet needs to be removed.

Here was my situation. If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining. We tore out all the carpet and installed wood flooring upstairs. It helps to use long nose pliers flat head screwdriver and or painter s tool.

Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth. Starting at a corner begin pulling the carpet up. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.

How to change stairs from carpet to wood. My mother was against it. Follow the instructions on dry time. Carpet is becoming less and less common these days and more and more homes are choosing to replace it with hardwood laminate ceramic and other types of flooring.