Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left.
Installing hardwood stairs after carpet.
It s easy you can do it your.
Here is diy how to prepare stair bullnose for hardwood or laminate floor installation.
Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers.
The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.
Start installation from the bottom and move up.
After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.
1 rip a strip of scrap wood 1 1 8 inches wide on a table saw.
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.
Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips.
Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series.
If you decided to lay your carpet before installing the baseboard around the bottom of your walls in your home you actually have a somewhat.
Here was my situation.
How to convert carpeted stairs to hardwood.
Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared.
To properly install one there should be a gap of a little more than one inch between the hardwood and the carpet.
Cutting rough framing stair nosing.
Measure cut and install stair.
How to install new base trim over an existing carpet.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
You can only use this method if your stairs have no nosing a section of the tread that protrudes beyond the riser.
What you should do after carpet removal.
After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward.