Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
Carpet stairs and wood floors.
Our flooring experts will gladly check the moisture levels in your home.
Carpeting on stairs is automatically going to accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.
Carpeted stairs require regular vacuuming and an occasional cleaning to keep them in top shape.
Cleaning wood vs cleaning carpet.
Having carpet on the stairs is infinitely safer than having the stairs covered with hard surface flooring.
To start removing carpet costs 75 to 300.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
This is our stairs before.
Wood is louder than carpet.
We have carpet berber wheat color on the second floor bedrooms and hall.
Offers unlimited styles from american species to exotic woods from every corner of the world.
If the humidity level is excessive greater then 60 the floor will warp.
Also installing carpet on the stairs helped quiet down the sound of trips up and down on the hardwood stairway.
Replace carpeted stairs with wood cost.
Heat and humidity is a big factor to consider when thinking about hardwood floors.
Once the carpet is gone you ll pay 100 to 200 per step.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
A carpenter might not tackle this part of the job but you can hire a handyman for 60 to 65 an hour.
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.