Hardwood Floors With Carpeted Stairs

We have a very open floor plan and planning to replace flooring with engineered wood.

Hardwood floors with carpeted stairs.

Cleaning and maintenance of hardwood flooring and carpet. Go to our original installing plank on stairs. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. For homes with wood floors a carpeted staircase can feel outdated and out of place.

Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal. Cost to refinish hardwood stairs. Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this. We built our house last year and have carpeted stairs with hardwood floors landing.

We could have done hardwood stairs but at the time our dd was not quite 2 so we knew we had years years of at least one little one going up down and felt carpet. You can sand hardwood floors with a machine but stairs are smaller and require more time and attention. Visit the chapters below go to matching floors stair treads. Will it look too odd.

Carpeted stairs require regular vacuuming and an occasional cleaning to keep them in top shape. For 10 to 12 steps this costs 400 to 900. Replace carpet on stairs with hardwood. Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat.

Hardwood stairs are easy to clean and maintain with a broom and a mop. Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth. Cleaning wood vs cleaning carpet. Carpeting on stairs is automatically going to accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.

We might get the first 2 stairs as wood for the flow. You could save money by refinishing your stairs and floors all at once instead of paying for them separately. For homes with carpeting carpet stairs will flow better. This makes the long term cost of carpet comparable to certain types of hardwood flooring.

Wood is louder than carpet. It costs 40 to 75 to refinish a step. If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining. Carpet also won t last as long as hardwood and will need to be replaced frequently.

Follow the instructions on dry time. Actually we have a carpeted tile top floor bedrooms laundry and hardwood middle floor. If you want a cohesive look in your home consider the other types of flooring you have. Carpeted stairs will obviously accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.