A video about converting carpeted stairs to hardwood.
Carpet stairs wood floors.
We have carpet berber wheat color on the second floor bedrooms and hall.
This is our stairs before.
For 10 to 12 steps this costs 400 to 900.
Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
Carpets provide safety for stairs.
In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
You can sand hardwood floors with a machine but stairs are smaller and require more time and attention.
It costs 40 to 75 to refinish a step.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.
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.
Also installing carpet on the stairs helped quiet down the sound of trips up and down on the hardwood stairway.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Cost to refinish hardwood stairs.
You could save money by refinishing your stairs and floors all at once instead of paying for them separately.
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.
Here was my situation.
After trying to live with the hardwood stairway we decided to just continued that carpet down the steps.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.