After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.
Installing hardwood stairs after carpet.
Removing carpet carpet pad and all staples left.
Here is diy how to prepare stair bullnose for hardwood or laminate floor installation.
How to install new base trim over an existing carpet.
Screwing rough framing top boards to stair stringers.
1 rip a strip of scrap wood 1 1 8 inches wide on a table saw.
Start installation from the bottom and move up.
Measure cut and install stair.
Here was my situation.
What you should do after carpet removal.
Cutting rough framing stair nosing.
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.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
To properly install one there should be a gap of a little more than one inch between the hardwood and the carpet.
In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together.
If you know what a stair runner is it s much like this a continuous strip of carpet.
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.
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.
It s easy you can do it your.
Installing plank on carpeted stairs five page series.
Before start on installation of hardwood the stairs should be properly prepared.
The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.
How to convert carpeted stairs to hardwood.