Installing Hardwood Stairs After Carpet

After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.

Installing hardwood stairs after carpet.

Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left. Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips. 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. How to convert carpeted stairs to hardwood.

Measure cut and install stair. To properly install one there should be a gap of a little more than one inch between the hardwood and the carpet. In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together. How to install new base trim over an existing carpet.

Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. You can only use this method if your stairs have no nosing a section of the tread that protrudes beyond the riser. 1 rip a strip of scrap wood 1 1 8 inches wide on a table saw.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Cutting rough framing stair nosing. Here is diy how to prepare stair bullnose for hardwood or laminate floor installation. Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers.

If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet. 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. It s easy you can do it your. Start installation from the bottom and move up.

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. What you should do after carpet removal.