Installing Hardwood Stairs After Carpet

Here was my situation.

Installing hardwood stairs after carpet.

To properly install one there should be a gap of a little more than one inch between the hardwood and the 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. 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.

It s easy you can do it your. After cutting a strip of carpet the width of the stairs you start at the bottom and work upward. 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. Measure cut and install stair.

In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together. 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. Here is diy how to prepare stair bullnose for hardwood or laminate floor installation.

How to install new base trim over an existing carpet. Cutting rough framing stair nosing. How to convert carpeted stairs to hardwood. 1 rip a strip of scrap wood 1 1 8 inches wide on a table saw.

Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left. Start installation from the bottom and move up. Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks and tack strips. You can only use this method if your stairs have no nosing a section of the tread that protrudes beyond the riser.

Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.