Tear Up Carpet On Stairs

This involves providing alternative scratching surfaces such as cat trees and posts.

Tear up carpet on stairs.

Pulled up carpet and padding using gloves i used a pair of gardening gloves cutting the carpet with a box cutter every 3rd step to make removal manageable. This equals 48 to 72 per hour because it usually takes 3 hours to remove carpet from a 12 by 12 foot room including extracting the tack strips and staples. This is our stairs before. It s important to understand the different parts that make up a carpet stair before getting to work.

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Unlike other parts of the house stairs have not been claimed by human occupants. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. 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.

I only want to have carpet in the bedrooms one day. Teach your cat that scratching is fine but only on appropriate surfaces. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the staples that hold the carpet in place. Wear proper safety gear such as safety goggles or glasses gloves and a face mask to avoid cuts flying debris and dust while removing the carpet.

The average hourly rate is 60 per hour so expect to pay 180 in total for a contractor to remove and dispose of 12 by. Hopefully that will happen next summer. It appears they left a two inch overhang of carpet on the top. To remove carpet from stairs start at the top.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Carpeted stairs consist of a carpet pad nosing tack strips tread riser and carpet. Removed stare tacks and staples using a crowbar hammer and flat head screwdriver pliers would work too. 4 tear up padding and put in garbage bag 5 pull up any staples that could be stepped on 6 then deal with area around spindles by carefully prying and ripping away small pieces of carpet.

If there s a metal nosing at the top of the stairs pry it up to remove it. Hello for the question around finishing carpet at the top of the stairs they mentioned in their how to and showed a photo of how they left the carpet at the top of the stairs the last step folded down on the riser and used a sharp blade to cut the carpet on the top riser. I have plans to install hardwoods in our upstairs hallway. Carpet removal costs 1 to 1 50 per square foot including labor cleanup and waste disposal.

Do not tear the carpet up from your staircase. This works fine for now. Train your cat out of scratching the staircase carpet.