Installing Hardwood Stairs After Carpet

Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips.

Installing hardwood stairs after carpet.

You can only use this method if your stairs have no nosing a section of the tread that protrudes beyond the riser. How to install new base trim over an existing carpet. If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet. Cutting rough framing stair nosing.

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. Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers. 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. Measure cut and install stair.

The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. Here is diy how to prepare stair bullnose for hardwood or laminate floor installation. Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared. How to convert carpeted stairs to hardwood.

1 rip a strip of scrap wood 1 1 8 inches wide on a table saw. It s easy you can do it your. After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward. Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series.

Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Here was my situation. What you should do after carpet removal.

In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together. After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.