If you are looking to replace the carpet on your stairs with the look and feel of wood laminate flooring can be an affordable option.
Changing stairs to wood from carpet.
It helps to use long nose pliers flat head screwdriver and or painter s tool.
How to change stairs from carpet to laminate.
In making the decision to replace all the flooring upstairs we realized we would have to do the staircase too or there would be a weird floating carpeted staircase stuck in between the wood flooring upstairs and down.
Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost to start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.
Before anything can change the old nasty carpet needs to be removed.
Would you like to change your carpeted stairs to wood check out how we accomplished out budget stair remodel.
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.
Starting at a corner begin pulling the carpet up.
I left the 5 upper stairs carpet and while it may seem strange it was the easiest place to stop the wood since our family room upstairs had carpeting.
When you remove.
The first step was obviously removing all the gross carpet and 30 million staples later we were ready to go.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
How to replace stair carpet with paint one of the most dramatic remodeling changes you can make is to rip up all the dusty old carpeting in a house and replace it with hardwood.
This is our stairs before.
The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well.
In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.
If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood.
The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
Here was my situation.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.