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Replacing carpet on stairs with wood - mikefm101 - 12-26-2017 Hi, The bottom four steps of the main stairs in the house are oak with risers painted white. The next 12 steps and the landing, which is about 3'x3' square, are carpeted. I am starting to plan replacing the carpet with hardwood. The second floor hallway is wall to wall carpeting. That will be replaced with hardwood flooring during phase 2 this Spring. The house is 17 years old, there is plywood with a routed nosing under the carpet. A few questions YouTube and web sites don't seem to answer. Hoping you can answer them here:
Thanks for the help...I am sure I'll have a few more questions. RE: Replacing carpet on stairs with wood - Cooler - 12-26-2017 Keep in mind that un-carpeted can be a high risk for larger dogs (especially German Shepherd Dogs) and can be slippery for children and adults too. I am OK with hardwood stairs, but a runner would be a must for me. RE: Replacing carpet on stairs with wood - Phil Thien - 12-26-2017 (12-26-2017, 10:09 AM)Cooler Wrote: Keep in mind that un-carpeted can be a high risk for larger dogs (especially German Shepherd Dogs) and can be slippery for children and adults too. My wife just slipped on our CARPETED stairs, slippery hardwood may have resulted in a serious injury, I shudder to even think about it. RE: Replacing carpet on stairs with wood - Cooler - 12-26-2017 (12-26-2017, 10:30 AM)Phil Thien Wrote: My wife just slipped on our CARPETED stairs, slippery hardwood may have resulted in a serious injury, I shudder to even think about it. I'm glad your wife was not badly hurt. My German Shepherd went down a full flight of steps (bloody nose, but he shook it off). As you can see from the photo below the sharply angled rear lower leg has the joint touching against the step with each stair going down the stairs. It leaves just a tiny bit of step to walk on. Other breeds are no so much impacted. As you can see from the image below it is possible to have beautiful hardwood floors with an elegant stair runner. The hardware allows easy replacement of the runners at a future date. I recommend it. |