Installing Hardwood Stairs After Carpet

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.

Installing hardwood stairs after carpet.

Measure cut and install stair. Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left. Here was my situation. Start installation from the bottom and move up.

You can only use this method if your stairs have no nosing a section of the tread that protrudes beyond the riser. After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward. To properly install one there should be a gap of a little more than one inch between the hardwood and 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.

What you should do after carpet removal. After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad. 1 rip a strip of scrap wood 1 1 8 inches wide on a table saw. How to install new base trim over an existing carpet.

In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together. How to convert carpeted stairs to hardwood. It s easy you can do it your. Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series.

Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared. If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet. 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. 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.

Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips. Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers.