Hardwood Over Carpet Stairs

In both cases hardwood can be installed over but preparations may be slightly different.

Hardwood over carpet stairs.

Both pieces attach directly to the original wood staircase after any carpeting or other finished flooring has been removed. Best diy project ever. If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well.

Stain staircase and banister. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. Composed of up to 100 recycled materials this utility mat will protects carpeting and prevents soil and wear. Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.

If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it. Learn how to rip up that carpet on your stairs and reveal or create the beautiful hardwood that s been hiding underneath. 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. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.

Remove carpet from stairs. Pull some of the carpet from the sides. Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this. Over time wooden stairs may also start to creak which might irritate some home owners.

As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. If you see nails or gaps in the tread against the stair stringer this system has been built on site. Here was my situation. 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.

Winner when it comes to noise reduction. For all of you light sleepers this could be the deciding factor between hardwood or carpet on stairs. The best systems use 100 percent hardwood materials resulting in the look of traditional hardwood stairs. Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.

Ideal for high traffic areas. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front. Wide x 144 in. Overall hardwood costs about double what you d pay for carpeting.