Can You Change Carpeted Stairs To Hardwood

Is this a project i can handle.

Can you change carpeted stairs to hardwood.

Once you get the carpet up this is what you will see. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. Is a 1 difference in rise that important. You can actually sense that difference as you go up and down the stairs.

When you come to the stairs you should be able to find. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. Are you ready to upgrade your staircase. To tell you the truth we had most of the transformation from carpeted stairs to hardwood completed last fall.

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. I will take you step by step no pun intended 1. But cold weather hit before we got around to sanding and staining the handrails so they sat in the garage until the weather warmed up. This is our stairs before.

You can totally do this even if you are a beginner at diy so don t let fear get in your way. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front. In a matter of hours you can convert carpeted stairs to hardwood without the cost or hassle of total reconstruction.

I started with the bottom step by using pliers to pull the carpet away from stairs. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Click here to see our overview video. 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.

Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series. Think about the number of times you use the stairs in a day and all it takes is a tired lazy step at the end of the day when it comes to stairs be safe follow the code. If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.