Lifting Carpet On Stairs

Removing old carpet from stairs is an easy diy project you can take on yourself.

Lifting carpet on stairs.

If your carpeted stairs are creaking you don t have to remove the carpet to repair the creak. Take any doors off the hinges that swing into the room where the carpet will be removed using a screwdriver and hammer. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. Without damaging the wood you must reach under the carpet and pry it free.

If both the treads and the risers are carpeted you may be able to slide the blade of a utility knife along an edge without scratching the wood. This is because in addition to having to decide on carpet style and color the carpet has to be of appropriate durability and thickness to be installed on the stair. Lifting up a carpet is a lot easier with the help of an assistant. Carpet pile is a combination of the type length and thickness of its fibers with each aspect impacting quality and cost.

Choosing carpet for the stairs can be a bit more difficult than choosing carpet for other areas of the home. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. The best repair for creaking floorboards is to locate the nearby floor joists and drive a screw or nail through the carpet into each joist near the creak. This is because in addition to having to decide on carpet style and color the carpet has to be of appropriate durability and thickness to be installed on the stair.

Choosing carpet for the stairs can be a bit more difficult than choosing carpet for other areas of the home. Check out our flooring ideas playlist for more tips. But while piles vary from carpet to carpet both cleaning and reviving are easily accomplished following these simple cleaning tips. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top riser grab the cut end and pull the carpet off the stairs by hand.

To remove carpet from stairs start at the top. The wood is rubbing together causing the creaking noise. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Stairs are the most common place in the home to have carpet and yet they are also the trickiest.

The hardest part about removing carpet from stairs is starting.