Tear Up Carpet On Stairs

Use the vise grips to pull the carpet free from the riser.

Tear up carpet on stairs.

This works fine for now. Some stairs are covered with short sections of carpet that wrap over just one tread and riser. If not cut the carpet near the top of the top riser grab the cut end and pull the carpet off the stairs by hand. Once you get the carpet up this is what you will see.

Grip the carpet with both hands for easier removal and to maintain balance and safety. So here is the project replace carpet with stair runner tutorial. Pull up all the carpet pad. I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip.

Find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs. I removed all of the padding tack strips nails and staples. I repaired the treads removed. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.

To take up all the carpet tack strips just place a flat head screw driver under the strip tap in with the hammer and gently pry it up. I have plans to install hardwoods in our upstairs hallway. If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. Cut the carpet with a utility knife under the nose of the landing.

Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. Hopefully that will happen next summer. The blue stuff is the carpet padding and the arrows show where the nail strips are. I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day.

Keep moving the screwdriver until the tack strip comes up. I started with the bottom step by using pliers to pull carpet away from stairs. One year ago i ripped up all of the beige carpet on my stairs. Do this same technique with all the 3 567 987 million staples.