Hardwood Over Carpet Stairs

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Hardwood over carpet stairs.

Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall. If you see nails or gaps in the tread against the stair stringer this system has been built on site. A full hardwood stair tread overlay system includes form fitted tread covers and matching or painted riser boards. Patterned top surface provides traction underfoot while gripper back.

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 prefer you can round over a piece of wood. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.

Ideal for high traffic areas. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well. Learn how to rip up that carpet on your stairs and reveal or create the beautiful hardwood that s been hiding underneath. Overall hardwood costs about double what you d pay for carpeting.

In both cases hardwood can be installed over but preparations may be slightly different. Over time wooden stairs may also start to creak which might irritate some home owners. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. Here was my situation.

The best systems use 100 percent hardwood materials resulting in the look of traditional hardwood stairs. Pull some of the carpet from the sides. Composed of up to 100 recycled materials this utility mat will protects carpeting and prevents soil and wear. 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.

For all of you light sleepers this could be the deciding factor between hardwood or carpet on stairs. Remove carpet from stairs. Stain staircase and banister. Wide x 144 in.

Best diy project ever. 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. Both pieces attach directly to the original wood staircase after any carpeting or other finished flooring has been removed. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.