Taking Carpet Off Stairs And Painting Them

3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag.

Taking carpet off stairs and painting them.

You may need to cut portions of the. Painting them black is my plan c in this little stair project of mine. Resist the temptation to pound nails. Step 2 remove nails and millions of staples patch any holes prime the treads and risers.

I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar. 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. My method was this.

Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. How to replace stair carpet with paint 1. I give up on the little bit of paint that i couldn t get off on the sides.

Step 3 repair all of the holes in the walls the builders hid with the carpet. Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up. Pull the carpeting off the stairs starting at the top of the stairwell. 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.

Pull up all the carpet pad. If the 2 3 coats of stain doesn t hide it i will either put up a small piece of molding or just paint the treads black. I also have this to contend with. This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time.

Removing carpet from stairs and painting them. Scrape any rough. Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. 2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles.

Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. Step 4 repair the many. Cut the carpet. And like i mentioned if i had any delusions of something nice lurking beneath this mess of carpet that was quickly put to rest after the first couple of stairs.

Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples. Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. Step 1 remove the nasty carpet from the stairs. 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.

Pull off tack strips or pull out nails and staples with the prybar and pliers.