The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
Carpet to wood stairs diy.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Stair stairway makeover remodel.
The carpeted stairs had to go.
These will grip the carpet backing and hold it in place.
Prepare your stairs for carpet installation by installing tack strips thin pieces of wood resembling yardsticks with tacks pointing upward.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
But under the carpet was raw jagged uneven wood.
And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly.
A step by step diy tutorial on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood give your staircase a makeover by refinishing them.
This is our stairs before.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
It could not be s.
It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath.
60 carpet to hardwood stair remodel.
Maybe we could refinish the stairs.
Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.
Here was my situation.
Carpet to wood stairs.
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.
Do you have a staircase that could use some help.
The stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
Under 100 carpeted stair to wooden tread makeover diy.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.