Going From Carpet To Hardwood Stairs

This includes a considerable amount of time going back and forth to the cutting area not to mention going up and down stairs all day long.

Going from carpet to hardwood stairs.

Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs. Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here. The landing which required gluing down added another hour.

Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal. Measure hardwood on stairs. Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this. Stain staircase and banister.

Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Hardwood stairs average 100 to 200 per step including labor a flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps and would cost 1 000 to 2 400. Best diy project ever.

Additionally the preparation that includes carpet pad tack strip and nosing removal ran about two hours. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. Here was my situation. After ripping out the carpet and stripping and staining the existing wood to get rid of the orange colour new mdf trim was installed we did that prior to the new treads going in so it could be spray painted instead of brushed for a flawless finish.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. Staircase makeover before and after. Remove carpet from stairs.

Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. This is our stairs before. Follow the instructions on dry time.

If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.