Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Hardwood to carpet stairs.
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.
Here was my situation.
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.
One of the best parts about hardwood stairs is how quickly they can be cleaned.
Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
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.
We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
It used to take us forever to vacuum the carpet on each tread and now we can pull out our microfibre dust mop or dyson stick vacuum and have it done in a minute.
Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us.
Follow the instructions on dry time.