Carpet on the other hand would muffle those high traffic sounds and make for a safer stairway.
From carpet to hardwood stairs.
Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us.
In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
Having carpet on the stairs doesn t necessarily prevent falls but it helps to provide traction compared to hardwood.
If you do have hardwood stairs you may want to consider a runner to increase safety.
Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs.
Follow the instructions on dry time.
Carpet works better when it comes to basement flooring.
For the actual wood installation an average runs in.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
The initial work is the preparation for placing hardwood on the stairs.
Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat.
Hard surfaces are slippery and can easily lead to a fall.
It is a good basement insulator.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
Included are carpet pad and tack strip removal along with preparing the actual substrate that calls for removing the existing rough nosing.
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.
Typically a motivated installer would take two hours and charge 60 00 per hour.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Here was my situation.
Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.