Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Install hardwood on carpeted stairs.
It ended up being a little more difficult than normal since we planned on installing hardwood flooring on stairs with an existing nosing but i found an easy solution.
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.
The initial work is the preparation for placing hardwood on the stairs.
Hardwood stairs average 100 to 200 per step including labor a flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps and would cost 1 000 to 2 400.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
People often ask me how to connect hardwood or laminate floor with staircase installation i always prefer start wood flooring installation from stairs but e.
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.
If you need more than one runner add an additional 12 inches to the total to account for seams where the two carpet pieces will join.
For a professional installation the numbers come in like this.
Add the two figures together then add 6 inches to account for waste.
It was time to renovate our carpeted stairs.
Keep in mind rates will vary from one region to another.
Follow the instructions on dry time.
Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
Included are carpet pad and tack strip removal along with preparing the actual substrate that calls for removing the existing rough nosing.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
Glued carpet may leave residue that you need.
We replaced our floors upstairs with beautiful new hardwoods and that made these stairs look even worse.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
Here s our starting point.
Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat.