You guys are such home handypersons! How can you not admire and respect such careful diligence and hard work? This proves it pays off. Also, Benny's emotional support keeps the rudder in the water.
I ordered the light spa in the 2’6”x3’10” size and then ordered the light spa 2x6 runner the next day. th-cam.com/users/postUgkx9Q9vgRgCHm-96ZJLA4omp5_kb26p6SfX They were in separate orders, shipped separately and they arrived the exact same color. They are definitely green and the color looks exactly as pictured. (I actually thought they would be more blue, based on other reviewers saying the color portrayed in the picture was not what they received) They’re a low pile and not padded at all, so they don’t offer any squish under your feet when you step on them, but they are a nice soft nylon. They’re thin and rubber backed so I imagine they will do great being thrown in the washer. They’re perfect inexpensive rugs for my garage door and back door. Also love that the carpet isn’t looped on these. My last rug was looped and my vacuum caught a strand and It ripped out a whole row, tearing the rug in half! Great rugs for the price!
I have been eyeing our stair carpets with some resentment this has finally made up my mind to do what I have always thought to do for while. Thank you for an awesome video!!✊
Hey everyone, thanks for all of your questions. Here are answers to some FAQs: 1. How much did this cost? We used about 12 pine treads at roughly $12 each, same amount of risers for about $10 each, 1 container of stain for $5, and 1 container of polyurethane for $5, plus the little piece of trim on the first step which was $2-3. Altogether, that makes $278. **NOTE ABOUT COST** The construction market has exploded over the past year, so prices will be higher now. I believe the market will calm down and level out in another year or two, but it might be worth it to wait if you’re thinking about doing this now. 2. Where did we get the treads and risers? We bought about 12-13 treads and risers from Lowes. The treads came untreated as you see in the video, so we needed to stain and seal them. The risers came pre-primed (the white color), and we sealed them with poly for extra protection. 3. What kind of stain did we use? MinWax Jacobean 2750. 4. Did we caulk the gaps, seal the nail holes, or stain the railing to match the treads? Nope. This was our first stair reno, and we were learning as we went along. We definitely overlooked some of the little things that professionals do to finish off the look. We made sure the stairs were safe first and foremost, but some of the extra visual touches were overlooked. Luckily, feedback helps us learn for next time! Thanks for checking out our video, and good luck with your projects! You are capable of so much more than you realize.
Thank you for this video! I’m truly inspired to take my carpet up and paint my walls. ! With 3 small children and a dog stains are endless , this will truly be great addition to my home cost wise and aesthetically!
Yes! I am so curious how to go from vinyl planking to stair tread at the top of the stairwell. Do you use a tread on the top stair and then put a transition strip over where it goes from tread to vinyl? I would love to see that! Beautiful result, overall, though!
I have the same high ceiling above my stars. To reach the highest parts, get another "Long Stick" and at the of the stick tape (w/ Electrical Tape or Duct Tape) an angled Paint Brush to the end of the Stick. Dip the brush and you can reach up there with no problem to paint the higher portion. I edged my upper ceiling all the way around before painting the walls. You will have a sore neck and arms, but this is easy and much safer than creating a scaffold to get up there. : ) Nice Job! That is a lot of work. It came out great!
Cedarly, Holy cow! So nice!!! Thanks for the upload. I'm putting in bamboo hardwood in living room/dining room right now. I'm going to tackle the stairs next. I'm def going to buy a stair jig like the one you used.
Great instructional video!! An easier way to remove the staples is to use a pair of pliers, grab a hold of the top of the staple, and then rock the pliers to one side utilizing it as a lever. It's much less physically demanding as well.
Awesome video. Great job showing the step-by-step process. The commentary was very pleasant and well thought out. Thank you for showing how easy this really is.
Thank you for showing how hard it is to get the carpet off the stairs - mine had tons of staples and was much harder to remove than carpet from the floor so I appreciate this so much!!
Great job!! We're about to do ours. Our carpet is cream color and our dog peed on it. My son thought bleach was a good idea to get it out. It reeks of urine now and it's permanently stained yellow. We already planned on removing the carpet so now we're extremely motivated. Thanks for the video.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I'd love to do that with my stairs. I'm a bit of a klutz, so I would have a stair runner on mine in the middle. Beautiful, though!!
Beautiful job! So mesmerizing. All I need to complete this project is a sweetie, a circular saw, and a Mr. Long Arm! Haha! but really, great job! The stairs looked steeper with the carpet.
Did you have to cut the nose off the stairs before you added your runners/risers? Or did you just fasten your riser to the top part (that stuck out more) and angle it down to the bottom?
I have the exact same walls I had to paint above stairs, I used a “long arm” pole and a paint edger attached to it to get the very top cut-ins instead.
This video was very relaxing as you said, and satisfying to watch, thanks for the quality content! We are in the midst of re-doing our staircase from ugly beige carpet that our cat decided was his litter box, and we're using some bullnose treads that we're staining black. We have zero experience in any of this and have a lot of work ahead of us but it's kind of exciting too, and saving some money!
Amazing work! Looks really good.....I’m so impressed! Are you going to stain the hand railing to match the stair treads? That would make it even better IMO. Looks professionally done!
I thought you could use the wood under the carpet I had no idea you had to put down new ones. I'm looking to have my done by a professional but it looks easy watching this video. Thanks for sharing. Great job!
The wood under most carpet ("builder stairs") is usually pine - a cheaper, soft wood. It will dent after some time of taking the abuse that stairs do. Replacement treads are hard wood.
fantastic job! and thx for posting this video and revealing how much work it actually is to redo stairs. i have the same setup here ie old carpeted stairs and probably tons of staples and i would love to get rid of it and put on some new treads like that. I do wonder what affect the new treads had on the top and bottom step heights... ie does the bottom step feel kinda high and the top step feel kinda low compared to the rest of the steps ? terrific video :)
Great job and the result I amazing. Just a thought: it’s good to do stain on both sides, even if part of the underside doesn’t show. It will prevent warpring. The rule of thumb I’ve heard is that whatever you do on the top, you do on the bottom. It was relaxing watching someone do all the work: I refinished my staircase last year … worth all the blood, sweat and tears!
isn't better to stain stairs at the end, once everything is done? yes you will need some work to put tape around but this way seems faster and probably cover better all potential little gaps if any and filled with caulk, stucco etc.
Wow it looks so good. I’m trying to gage how to do this for my current wood floors. Should be easier right since I don’t have to pull up carpet? Same process with the nails and things?
Hi, this is the exact thing I am looking to do and wanted to see if you could please share a photo of the top hallway (flooring) where it meets the new staircase? Basically trying to see how the flooring meets the top part of the staircase upstairs. Appreciate your help!
We just bought a house with carpeted stairs and we've been picking their cats hair out of the carpet for months now. We're thinking the only way to get rid of the cat hair is by ripping the carpet up.
I noticed you did not remove the original treads. What did that do to the first step from the floor and the last step from the top? If I am thinking this out correctly you would have grew the first steps riser and shrunk the one at the top.
A friend of mine (who does floors for a living) came to help me install the stair treads and while I know nothing about this, I did a lot of research and thought the same thing from videos I watched. But my friend said it wasn’t necessary and I trusted he knew better than me since he does this for a living..but sure enough the top riser was too long. So now I’m having to build out somehow.
Just found this video - we are getting ready to do just about exactly what you did, and I have to ask: what did you do for nosing at the top of the steps where the vinyl planks start in your upstairs hallway?! I've been scouring the internet looking for solutions!!!!
Great job! They look awesome. All I could think was during the demo of the nails and tack strips was that it must have been a REALLY COLD DAY, hahaha. You were wearing head to toe slippers thermals!
great job! i would sand the handrail for a more elegant look. im glad you didt stress about the paint all the way up there. you are way too youg to shatter your hip or disjoint your back just to have a pretty stair hall. thatas something i would rig up just to get that paint up there, tho so im learning from others that thigs dontt have to be perfect cause there is no such thing.
Curious why you cut 1/8" off the end before straining to save on stain but then you stained the underside? Is it necessary to stain the underside or was this just an oversight?
Doesn’t adding the extra height on the treads throw off the distance from the upstairs landing to the first step going down (makes it shorter) and when climbing up the stairs from the bottom the first step is higher?
Hi, since you are adding 1" steps/treads, the space between the top step and floor will be an inch shorter than the rest. Also, the bottom step will be an inch taller. Could this be out of code? And a tripping hazard?
Awesome video!!!! Finally someone who stains and paints their project before installing!! 🎉
Only females do. Shortsightness
Bullnose pliers are like magic when it comes to removing staples or nails!
You guys are such home handypersons! How can you not admire and respect such careful diligence and hard work? This proves it pays off. Also, Benny's emotional support keeps the rudder in the water.
Wow, you gave me an inspiration to do mine. I have carpet on my stairs and I want to remove them. Thank you for sharing this step by step .
Looks great. Skirting boards before treads would have really added to the look as well.
Looks great! I would stain that railing the same color as the stairs. But that’s just me.
I was thinking the exact same thing!
I was thinking that exact thing….lol
@@phillamoore157 56 🙈
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@@williamhoover1087. I swear that wasn’t intentional 😂
Smart thinking
I ordered the light spa in the 2’6”x3’10” size and then ordered the light spa 2x6 runner the next day. th-cam.com/users/postUgkx9Q9vgRgCHm-96ZJLA4omp5_kb26p6SfX They were in separate orders, shipped separately and they arrived the exact same color. They are definitely green and the color looks exactly as pictured. (I actually thought they would be more blue, based on other reviewers saying the color portrayed in the picture was not what they received) They’re a low pile and not padded at all, so they don’t offer any squish under your feet when you step on them, but they are a nice soft nylon. They’re thin and rubber backed so I imagine they will do great being thrown in the washer. They’re perfect inexpensive rugs for my garage door and back door. Also love that the carpet isn’t looped on these. My last rug was looped and my vacuum caught a strand and It ripped out a whole row, tearing the rug in half! Great rugs for the price!
Great job!!!! I'm doing this same project in my home. Your step by step video is decreasing my anxiety about this job!
I have been eyeing our stair carpets with some resentment this has finally made up my mind to do what I have always thought to do for while. Thank you for an awesome video!!✊
Hey everyone, thanks for all of your questions. Here are answers to some FAQs:
1. How much did this cost?
We used about 12 pine treads at roughly $12 each, same amount of risers for about $10 each, 1 container of stain for $5, and 1 container of polyurethane for $5, plus the little piece of trim on the first step which was $2-3. Altogether, that makes $278. **NOTE ABOUT COST** The construction market has exploded over the past year, so prices will be higher now. I believe the market will calm down and level out in another year or two, but it might be worth it to wait if you’re thinking about doing this now.
2. Where did we get the treads and risers?
We bought about 12-13 treads and risers from Lowes. The treads came untreated as you see in the video, so we needed to stain and seal them. The risers came pre-primed (the white color), and we sealed them with poly for extra protection.
3. What kind of stain did we use?
MinWax Jacobean 2750.
4. Did we caulk the gaps, seal the nail holes, or stain the railing to match the treads?
Nope. This was our first stair reno, and we were learning as we went along. We definitely overlooked some of the little things that professionals do to finish off the look. We made sure the stairs were safe first and foremost, but some of the extra visual touches were overlooked. Luckily, feedback helps us learn for next time!
Thanks for checking out our video, and good luck with your projects! You are capable of so much more than you realize.
Thank you for sharing. So helpful!
Were the risers also pine or are they another material?
@@Barathos would love to know this as well! Thank you!
You didn't need to stain the bottom of each step either....
Thank you for this video! I’m truly inspired to take my carpet up and paint my walls. ! With 3 small children and a dog stains are endless , this will truly be great addition to my home cost wise and aesthetically!
Would have liked to see the transition at the top of the stairs
Yes! I am so curious how to go from vinyl planking to stair tread at the top of the stairwell. Do you use a tread on the top stair and then put a transition strip over where it goes from tread to vinyl? I would love to see that! Beautiful result, overall, though!
I have the same high ceiling above my stars. To reach the highest parts, get another "Long Stick" and at the of the stick tape (w/ Electrical Tape or Duct Tape) an angled Paint Brush to the end of the Stick. Dip the brush and you can reach up there with no problem to paint the higher portion. I edged my upper ceiling all the way around before painting the walls. You will have a sore neck and arms, but this is easy and much safer than creating a scaffold to get up there. : ) Nice Job! That is a lot of work. It came out great!
you really have the patience of a saint from the start to the finished job.
Excellent-the new stairs are very nice. You are hired ! ☺️
Cedarly, Holy cow! So nice!!! Thanks for the upload. I'm putting in bamboo hardwood in living room/dining room right now. I'm going to tackle the stairs next. I'm def going to buy a stair jig like the one you used.
What a smart and simple fix to take drag to totally fab!!! Thanks for the tutorial!
This inspired me to rip up my old nasty carpet on the steps. Nice work!!!
These turned out beautifully!! Thank you for being so thorough!!
Great instructional video!! An easier way to remove the staples is to use a pair of pliers, grab a hold of the top of the staple, and then rock the pliers to one side utilizing it as a lever. It's much less physically demanding as well.
This is a great video. Just started to rip up my carpet on whim and I am going to add treads and risers. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video. Great job showing the step-by-step process. The commentary was very pleasant and well thought out. Thank you for showing how easy this really is.
Ugh, I thought maybe I could do it too until I saw the measuring and saw. Very cute dog btw!!!
Thank you for showing how hard it is to get the carpet off the stairs - mine had tons of staples and was much harder to remove than carpet from the floor so I appreciate this so much!!
Thank you this is helpful as I am planning to do the same with my stairs too
Nice job. The stairs look SO STEEP with the carpet on it.
Great job!! We're about to do ours. Our carpet is cream color and our dog peed on it. My son thought bleach was a good idea to get it out. It reeks of urine now and it's permanently stained yellow. We already planned on removing the carpet so now we're extremely motivated. Thanks for the video.
I use the curvature of a pair of channel lock to pry up the staples. Excellent work.
Hi, Thank you for the video. I wanted to see the process used to complete the landings. If you have resources for that, can you please share?
By the way, you did a hell of a job...They look great. That's what I call team work😊
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I'd love to do that with my stairs. I'm a bit of a klutz, so I would have a stair runner on mine in the middle. Beautiful, though!!
Looks great. How did you handle the height difference at the top of the stairs on the second floor?
You are amazing.such a handy lady.. make sure u keep the PPE on all the time.
great job anyway.
I assumed you’d use the existing wood from the stairs. Why get treads and put over?
Looks better? Easier? So curious.
Well done!!
Wow! You did a marvelous job. I wonder if you could just stain the floor without adding tread and risers since the original wood looks great.
Beautiful job! So mesmerizing. All I need to complete this project is a sweetie, a circular saw, and a Mr. Long Arm! Haha! but really, great job! The stairs looked steeper with the carpet.
And a dog
You guys did a very good job in this video
So you just went over the original treads wouldn't that change the height of the step?
Nice we are doing ours now . Just started rails . Exactly colors .. thanks
Never done this before but after watching the video, doesn't seem that bad. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome video! I was wondering how you transition from hardwood to the stairs on the top of the stairs?
Looks good! What happened for the top step? How did you blend it in with the floor? Sadly the shots don’t show that :(
thank you for taking the time to put this together! this is exactly what I'm working on next and this video truly helped! 😊
Did you have to cut the nose off the stairs before you added your runners/risers? Or did you just fasten your riser to the top part (that stuck out more) and angle it down to the bottom?
Im about to do this (thinking on how to) and you just enlightened me. Thank you!!! Beautiful job btw
I have the exact same walls I had to paint above stairs, I used a “long arm” pole and a paint edger attached to it to get the very top cut-ins instead.
You can also buy a gooseneck brush and attach it with your pole to cut in, works like a charm!
I did too.
Benny's not going to like those slippery steps now, also, that jig is awesome!
This video was very relaxing as you said, and satisfying to watch, thanks for the quality content! We are in the midst of re-doing our staircase from ugly beige carpet that our cat decided was his litter box, and we're using some bullnose treads that we're staining black. We have zero experience in any of this and have a lot of work ahead of us but it's kind of exciting too, and saving some money!
Amazing work! Looks really good.....I’m so impressed! Are you going to stain the hand railing to match the stair treads? That would make it even better IMO. Looks professionally done!
What wood did you use? Looks like a softwood like pine. Has it been marked up with dents at all?
I love Jacobean. I love that .. I always use that for any stain projects. Nice job!! 😊
Thank you for showing the entire process, especially the carpet removal. How long did it take for the project from beginning to end?
Love this! I'm about to do my sister's this weekend!!
Wow love it, just bought a house and I need to do the flooring and stairs
same here!
@@tinadaniels1112 great good luck, let me know how u did 👍
I thought you could use the wood under the carpet I had no idea you had to put down new ones. I'm looking to have my done by a professional but it looks easy watching this video. Thanks for sharing. Great job!
The wood under most carpet ("builder stairs") is usually pine - a cheaper, soft wood. It will dent after some time of taking the abuse that stairs do. Replacement treads are hard wood.
fantastic job! and thx for posting this video and revealing how much work it actually is to redo stairs. i have the same setup here ie old carpeted stairs and probably tons of staples and i would love to get rid of it and put on some new treads like that. I do wonder what affect the new treads had on the top and bottom step heights... ie does the bottom step feel kinda high and the top step feel kinda low compared to the rest of the steps ? terrific video :)
Omg Benny is so cute!!! 🍀🌺🦋🌸🌼 great work!!!
Wow! I love it. You inspired me to do this. Nice job!
Hey amazing job can I just ask what wood you used for the white risers please and how you curved off your edges on the steps
Great job and the result I amazing. Just a thought: it’s good to do stain on both sides, even if part of the underside doesn’t show. It will prevent warpring. The rule of thumb I’ve heard is that whatever you do on the top, you do on the bottom. It was relaxing watching someone do all the work: I refinished my staircase last year … worth all the blood, sweat and tears!
isn't better to stain stairs at the end, once everything is done? yes you will need some work to put tape around but this way seems faster and probably cover better all potential little gaps if any and filled with caulk, stucco etc.
What a sweetheart Benny is😊😊
Wow it looks so good. I’m trying to gage how to do this for my current wood floors. Should be easier right since I don’t have to pull up carpet? Same process with the nails and things?
I appreciate your passion of the spirit to DIY, I am so impressed and motivated to do mine too.
Hi, this is the exact thing I am looking to do and wanted to see if you could please share a photo of the top hallway (flooring) where it meets the new staircase? Basically trying to see how the flooring meets the top part of the staircase upstairs. Appreciate your help!
I love the transformation can you tell me where you got the treads from
Awesome job. I'm doing mine this weekend or next. Tired of looking at carpeted stairs. Time for me to upgrade.
We just bought a house with carpeted stairs and we've been picking their cats hair out of the carpet for months now. We're thinking the only way to get rid of the cat hair is by ripping the carpet up.
Love the step by step instructions, looks amazing!
Step by step…… that’s punny
Hey....that's exactly what I want to do with my stairs...thanks for the vedio....one ques...how did you hide the stapled nails?
I noticed you did not remove the original treads. What did that do to the first step from the floor and the last step from the top? If I am thinking this out correctly you would have grew the first steps riser and shrunk the one at the top.
Exactly my question!! Any answer?
@@angelikamariae im about to ask that question too; )
I was thinking the same thing! Although maybe it was a wash with the carpet/padding that was removed.
A friend of mine (who does floors for a living) came to help me install the stair treads and while I know nothing about this, I did a lot of research and thought the same thing from videos I watched. But my friend said it wasn’t necessary and I trusted he knew better than me since he does this for a living..but sure enough the top riser was too long. So now I’m having to build out somehow.
Did you seal or poly the bottom of the treads? If not are you not worried about them possibly warping or cupping over time?
This gave me the confidence I needed
Just found this video - we are getting ready to do just about exactly what you did, and I have to ask: what did you do for nosing at the top of the steps where the vinyl planks start in your upstairs hallway?! I've been scouring the internet looking for solutions!!!!
Great job! Would you mind mentioning which paint color on the walls did you use?
I love your videos and team work, together!
Benny is just the cutest 😍
Great job! They look awesome. All I could think was during the demo of the nails and tack strips was that it must have been a REALLY COLD DAY, hahaha. You were wearing head to toe slippers thermals!
Nicely done! I'm really thinking about doing this myself.
what are the risers made of? did you buy them primed white? could you share how you made that tool to measure the stairs and how to use it?
great job! i would sand the handrail for a more elegant look. im glad you didt stress about the paint all the way up there. you are way too youg to shatter your hip or disjoint your back just to have a pretty stair hall. thatas something i would rig up just to get that paint up there, tho so im learning from others that thigs dontt have to be perfect cause there is no such thing.
how did u round out the edge of the stair
Was that construction adhesive for adding the risers and treads?
How did you hide the gap between floor laminate and staircase?
Wow I had no idea there were so many nails and pointy pieces under there 😮 I’d be worried about my dog stepping on those!
That's what I've been thinking about. Mine are not as calm as Benny most of the time.
How did you handle gap with risers between nailing to top tread that sticks up further
Great video thanks for sharing you definitely deserve more subs well put together
Well done…..looks fantastic!
Awww Benny is so sweet. He definitely deserves an extra ytrear for his patience. I love my fur baby too.
Good job. I wish I had a table saw 😩
Can you give a list of tools needed for this project? Thank you!
Great video and excellent music.
Curious why you cut 1/8" off the end before straining to save on stain but then you stained the underside? Is it necessary to stain the underside or was this just an oversight?
16:25 You can use one of those Edge pads. Screws on to your paint stick and slide.. it also comes as a corner for those high corners.
I’m putting laminate treads and white pine risers over existing OSB stairs.
I’m confused; should I put the risers on first or the treads first?
Doesn’t adding the extra height on the treads throw off the distance from the upstairs landing to the first step going down (makes it shorter) and when climbing up the stairs from the bottom the first step is higher?
Looks good, goona be doing mine in 2022. Are you going to sand the hand rail and match the stain?
Hi, since you are adding 1" steps/treads, the space between the top step and floor will be an inch shorter than the rest. Also, the bottom step will be an inch taller. Could this be out of code? And a tripping hazard?
Hi sister you doing a great job I have questions about the white wood
What do you use in white wood because the Whitewood is so shiny ❤
Do all stairs need re tread? Or can you just paint and stain the stairs as they are? How do you know ...?
Looks great! What kind risers are those and where did you get them?
Looks great, only concern is that Pine wood isn’t really a hard wood and dents with relatively mild force will show over time easily.
Which blanks did you buy for the treads?
Good video. I want to ask which material used for risers ?
What type of silicone/caulkin/glue did you use for the steps? And what kind of polyurethane did you use for the white boards?