If you currently have carpeted stairs tearing up the carpet will reveal a plywood substrate.
Replacing carpet on stairs with hardwood.
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.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood.
The new hardwood stairs will be attached to the substrate.
This is our stairs before.
The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.
If the stairs are already made of hardwood it s possible to install the new stairs over the old ones although modifications may be necessary if the new stairs overlap the stair stringer or.
In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
Replace carpet on stairs with hardwood.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
This web page originated in 2004 as a how to install plank flooring on stairs.
Go to our original installing plank on stairs.
How to replace stair carpet with paint 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.
Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well.