For 10 to 12 steps this costs 400 to 900.
Carpet stairs wood floors.
It costs 40 to 75 to refinish a step.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
This is our stairs before.
Cost to refinish hardwood stairs.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
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.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
Here was my situation.
After trying to live with the hardwood stairway we decided to just continued that carpet down the steps.
We have carpet berber wheat color on the second floor bedrooms and hall.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
You can sand hardwood floors with a machine but stairs are smaller and require more time and attention.
Carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
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.
You could save money by refinishing your stairs and floors all at once instead of paying for them separately.
A video about converting carpeted stairs to hardwood.
Also installing carpet on the stairs helped quiet down the sound of trips up and down on the hardwood stairway.
You don t want to damage them.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Carpets provide safety for stairs.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.