Carpet For Hardwood Stairs

The initial work is the preparation for placing hardwood on the stairs.

Carpet for hardwood stairs.

Here was my situation. Follow the instructions on dry time. Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs. Included are carpet pad and tack strip removal along with preparing the actual substrate that calls for removing the existing rough nosing.

Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us. If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.

Even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring. 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. Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this. We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Carpets provide safety for stairs. For the actual wood installation an average runs in. Typically a motivated installer would take two hours and charge 60 00 per hour.

Everyone loves a beautiful hardwood stairway but even the most attractive stairs can be slippery for anyone in the family including pets. Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat. They are able to behave as art for a floor and they are able to make a frame in which to put furnishings and also establish spaces.