Carpet Stairs And Wood Floors

This is our stairs before.

Carpet stairs and wood floors.

Also installing carpet on the stairs helped quiet down the sound of trips up and down on the hardwood stairway. A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour. Hardwood stairs are easy to clean and maintain with a broom and a mop. Wood is louder than carpet.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step. After trying to live with the hardwood stairway we decided to just continued that carpet down the steps. Cleaning wood vs cleaning carpet.

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. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. For 10 to 12 steps this costs 1 080 to 2 700 including carpet removal. Offers unlimited styles from american species to exotic woods from every corner of the world.

Our flooring experts will gladly check the moisture levels in your home. We have carpet berber wheat color on the second floor bedrooms and hall. Carpeted stairs require regular vacuuming and an occasional cleaning to keep them in top shape. Carpeting on stairs is automatically going to accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. If the humidity level is excessive greater then 60 the floor will warp. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following. Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.

Having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.