Removing Carpet And Installing Hardwood Stairs

Remove carpet first prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.

Removing carpet and installing hardwood stairs. First check under the carpet. Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left. 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. Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared.

If your carpeted stairs are flanked by pieces of hardwood chances are that the hardwood flooring does not extend beyond the edges that you can see. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Average cost to remove and replace a carpet. Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers.

Labor rates total 4 25 to 9 25 per square foot to remove the old carpet and. 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. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. Measure cut and install stair.

Start installation from the bottom and move up. The basic rule of thumb with removing the carpet for a hardwood installation is that you just go in reverse to take things back to the original subfloor. If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet. Carpet padding strips staples nails glue.

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. The average cost to install a new carpet is 685 for a 12 by 12 foot room. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors.

Cutting rough framing stair nosing. Builders commonly recreate the high end look of more expensive full length steps by installing pieces on the edges instead of complete hardwood risers.