Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
Carpet stairs wood floors.
It costs 40 to 75 to refinish a step.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
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.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Also installing carpet on the stairs helped quiet down the sound of trips up and down on the hardwood stairway.
Even if you prefer hard surfaces such as hardwood or laminate carpet on the stairs is still a good idea even if it is in the form of a runner on the stairs having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.
This is our stairs before.
Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
For 10 to 12 steps this costs 400 to 900.
You don t want to damage them.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
After trying to live with the hardwood stairway we decided to just continued that carpet down the steps.
You can sand hardwood floors with a machine but stairs are smaller and require more time and attention.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
We have carpet berber wheat color on the second floor bedrooms and hall.
In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.
Cost to refinish hardwood stairs.
Carpets provide safety for stairs.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
A video about converting carpeted stairs to hardwood.
Here was my situation.