Carpet On Hardwood Stairs

Ripping up the carpet was hard and messy work.

Carpet on hardwood stairs.

Hardwood stairs average 100 to 200 per step including labor a flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps and would cost 1 000 to 2 400. If you have children pets or need some insulation against loud music then carpet may be the way to go. Carpets naturally absorb sound. Over time wooden stairs may also start to creak which might irritate some home owners.

So back in the early days of our coronavirus quarantine i decided it was as good a time as any to pull up all the gross old carpet in the entryway and refinish the hardwood stairs underneath. It was also the easy part. Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal. Winner when it.

Sanding the steps in particular was brutal. 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. I was barefoot having just taken off my slippers that merit their name. I was not a fan of carpeting before moving into my current home where the stuff covers two stairwells and the whole second floor.

Here was my situation. Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors. Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth. I m even more of a detractor now that it has caused me to fall three times on the stairs with the most recent incident on monday drawing some blood i m not an especially clumsy person.

First check under the carpet. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Follow the instructions on dry time. If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.

Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat. One main floor option is hand scraped laminate with carpet up the stairs to the bedroom where carpet will be the entire upper floor then carpet will also go down the stairs from the main floor to the basement rec room and guest space this will be some kind of floating floor. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. 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.