Taking Carpet Off Srasirs

Stick the bar under the strip and hammer it in until you get some leverage.

Taking carpet off srasirs.

The carpet is held to the stairs along tack strips. Here are smart jr s pictures of me ripping off the second to last stair. 3 cut or tear off carpet and put in garbage bag. Begin your carpet removal project step 2.

Duct tape step 1. In fact it just got worse as i went down the stairs ripping that carpet and padding off. Now that you ve gained a handful of carpet yank it back in quick motions to continue breaking the seal along the walls. 1 pry up the right corner.

2 pull carpet over to the left until reaching the spindles. Some of these came right off some came off in pieces. Finish removing fasteners and patching holes. Once the carpet is separated from the tacks along a strip you start to get a handle on it.

Work from strip to strip. Paint the treads black and the risers white. My method was this. That carpet is coming off those stairs.

Remove padding and tack strips step 3. But one thing i ve learned in the diy world is this fact. To get the tack strips off the treads you ll need a large pry bar and a hammer. Step 3 cut where you can.

So bad that i started to question my sanity. Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the. Then rock the bar up and down and pry that baby off. Tips for removing carpet from stairs find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.

Like this gaping hole. I know it s really bad. But i had pulled a little bit back on the top step and saw that there was at least an overhang on the treads. Not perfect wood but okay to paint.

When enough carpet is freed cut it with the utility knife. 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar. It is likely that the carpet was installed in segments so this step may be unnecessary.

Ripping off the carpet and painting the stairs was the best decision i made. Cut the carpet.