Carpet To Pine Stairs

Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.

Carpet to pine stairs.

To finish pine stair treads attach a medium grade disc to a power sander and sand the treads. This is because in addition to having to decide on carpet style and color the carpet has to be of appropriate durability and thickness to be installed on the stair. I built the first edge of the landing with pine wood cut the shape with a nose and the same width as the flooring for the landing. To start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.

For 10 to 12 steps this costs 1 080 to 2 700 including carpet removal. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. Do you have a staircase that could use some help. Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step.

Stairs are the most common place in the home to have carpet and yet they are also the trickiest. Choosing carpet for the stairs can be a bit more difficult than choosing carpet for other areas of the home. To me the most important little tool is the tack cloth because even after vacuuming and cleaning the stairs i still got a huge amount of lint on the cloth. Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost.

See more ideas about stair runner carpet stair runner carpet stairs. The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour. March 17 2017 at 9 30 am.

We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Then replace the medium grade disc with a fine grade disc and sand them again. The main problem is that pine tends to soak up stain unevenly resulting in a blotchy unnatural appearance.

Roll a pencil up into a piece of fine grain sandpaper and hand sand all of the corners and edges. Contributed by cleverly inspired. The most important part of how to refinish stairs that were carpeted is as always cleaning the stairs thoroughly before applying any product. It was the same as the new living room floor.

It s possible to stain pine stair treads but it takes more prep work to get good results with pine than it does with harder woods. And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly. Feb 18 2020 explore becky jacks s board carpet staircase on pinterest. This is our stairs before.