If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.
Carpet stairs wood floors.
A video about converting carpeted stairs to hardwood.
Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
Carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
This is our stairs before.
Here was my situation.
You can sand hardwood floors with a machine but stairs are smaller and require more time and attention.
Also installing carpet on the stairs helped quiet down the sound of trips up and down on the hardwood stairway.
In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
For 10 to 12 steps this costs 400 to 900.
It costs 40 to 75 to refinish a step.
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.
Cost to refinish hardwood stairs.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
You don t want to damage them.
Carpets provide safety for stairs.
We have carpet berber wheat color on the second floor bedrooms and hall.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
After trying to live with the hardwood stairway we decided to just continued that carpet down the steps.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.