Replacing Carpet On Stairs With Hardwood
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
Replacing carpet on stairs with hardwood. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well. This is our stairs before.
Replace carpet on stairs with hardwood. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. 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.
If you currently have carpeted stairs tearing up the carpet will reveal a plywood substrate. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. This web page originated in 2004 as a how to install plank flooring on stairs. If the stairs are already made of hardwood it s possible to install the new stairs over the old ones although modifications may be necessary if the new stairs overlap the stair stringer or.
The new hardwood stairs will be attached to the substrate. Go to our original installing plank on stairs. How to replace stair carpet with paint one of the most dramatic remodeling changes you can make is to rip up all the dusty old carpeting in a house and replace it with hardwood. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.