Shown and discussed in this five page series is a collaboration of how an engineered plank was installed on a roughed framed wood substrate or the actual surface once the carpet and padding is removed.
Replace carpet on stairs with wood.
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.
The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.
Maybe we could refinish the stairs.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath.
The stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them.
If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood.
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.
This is our stairs before.
This made it easy to roll up the.
How to transform carpeted stairs into hardwood.
In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
The first step to replace carpet stairs with wood is to remove the carpet carpet padding and other hardware staples nails etc.
So we got to work and this is our process on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood.
Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost to start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.
I used a box cutter to cut the edge of the carpet padding on each stair.
The first step was obviously removing all the gross carpet and 30 million staples later we were ready to go.
Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well.
This process can be time consuming but it is important to get a flat surface that is free of debris.
Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series.