Installing Hardwood Stairs After Carpet

After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward.

Installing hardwood stairs after carpet.

How to convert carpeted stairs to hardwood. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. How to install new base trim over an existing carpet. Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips.

1 rip a strip of scrap wood 1 1 8 inches wide on a table saw. If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet. What you should do after carpet removal. Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left.

Here is diy how to prepare stair bullnose for hardwood or laminate floor installation. Cutting rough framing stair nosing. Measure cut and install stair. Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared.

Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers. In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together. Start installation from the bottom and move up. 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.

Here was my situation. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. You can only use this method if your stairs have no nosing a section of the tread that protrudes beyond the riser. 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.

After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad. To properly install one there should be a gap of a little more than one inch between the hardwood and the carpet.