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Oct 20, Removing old carpet glue from old wodden stair. Removing Carpet From Stairs? Read This First - Bob Vila.

Aug 18, Hey everyone! I am thinking about removing the carpet from my stairs and doing wood. I know to do it properly I need to remove the current treads and risers. My home is 10 years old and looking from under the stairs I can tell they used liquid nails.

My question is how hard is that to. Oct 12, When you glue the new tread take a moment and spread a thin layer of the adhesive over the entire bottom side of the new tread using a rubber squeegee or a wide putty knife. This will help make a protective seal to help stop the moisture from entering the new tread possibly causing it to cup or crown in the future.

I usually us a notched trowel to apply the adhesive to the old tread so it will Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Sep 11, Why are tread and riser measurements so important?

Here was my situation: 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. As a result, after removing the carpet, the bottom step had a 7″ rise and the top step had a ″ shrubgrinding.barted Reading Time: 4 mins. Removing carpet and adding hardwood without a RetroFit tread will require re-framing your stairs to meet code.

This is why we are the industry leader in this type of project with our RetroFit Tread Kits. To install, simply pull up and remove your carpet and padding. Remove the /5(12).