Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up.
Take carpet off stairs.
How to remove carpet from wood stairs.
The hardest part about removing carpet from stairs is starting.
Sand the wood using multiple grit sandpaper.
Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples.
Begin your carpet removal project step 2.
Step 3 cut where you can.
Step 1 get started.
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.
Duct tape step 1.
This was a simple system that worked great and will also be how i handle it when dealing with the basement stairs too.
Ok maybe not quite that many but it sure felt like it.
Fill in any holes in the wood with wood filler.
1 pry up the right corner.
Remove padding and tack strips step 3.
Every 3 stairs i used a box cutter to cut the carpet from side to side.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the.
Step 4 tack strips and padding.
Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair.
2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles.
My method was this.
We can hear our neighbors going up and down stairs and they have carpet so we don t want to increase the noise we make that they can hear.
Using locking pliers pry a small corner of carpet away from a riser to determine the material underneath and decide on.
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.
Finish removing fasteners and patching holes.
Follow these steps to remove old carpeting from stairs.
Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls.
Using a varnish stripper remove the top coat from the stair treads.
After i removed the padding i used a crowbar hammer and a flat edged screwdriver to remove the tack strip and staples.
Remove the carpet from the stairs.
Step 2 wonder bar.
Step 5 tacks.
4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag.
If there is carpet on the floor above the top stair cut the carpet under the nose of the top stair using a utility.
3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar.
Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.