We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Carpet stairs and wood floors.
Heat and humidity is a big factor to consider when thinking about hardwood floors.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
For 10 to 12 steps this costs 1 080 to 2 700 including carpet removal.
Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.
Cleaning wood vs cleaning carpet.
Our flooring experts will gladly check the moisture levels in your home.
This is our stairs before.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
After trying to live with the hardwood stairway we decided to just continued that carpet down the steps.
Also installing carpet on the stairs helped quiet down the sound of trips up and down on the hardwood stairway.
Hardwood stairs are easy to clean and maintain with a broom and a mop.
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.
A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.
To start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.
Carpeted stairs require regular vacuuming and an occasional cleaning to keep them in top shape.
Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
Carpeting on stairs is automatically going to accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.
We have carpet berber wheat color on the second floor bedrooms and hall.