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You’ll probably want to do a home remodeling project or a major renovation from time to time.
Maybe you’ll want some new kitchen counters installed or to break down a wall upstairs to have a larger bedroom or give your bath a brand-new set of tiles.
One thing we can tell you now is that whenever you do have a massive home project such as a renovation, redecoration, or remodeling, you’ll want to protect your hardwood surfaces. Most especially, you’ll want to protect your hardwood stairs.
Why is this so?
- Imagine all the foot traffic coming and going into the work area. You can expect not just workers and craftsmen coming in and out tromping around in their work boots.
- Major projects are also likely to involve a great deal of equipment and heavy supplies needed to get the job done. You’ll want to protect your hardwood surfaces against scrapes, chips, and gouges resulting from all this stuff from being dragged across the floor or your stairs.
- Even for some home projects that may just be limited to downstairs, you’ll also likely be coming and going to check on the progress yourself. Which means you (and your other family members) will also be tracking dirty prints up and down the stairs.
- Other things you should be anticipating are spillages, tracks of paint, adhesives, varnish, or other substances and materials used for your home project.
What Will I Be Needing to Protect My Stairs?
Here are a few things you need before starting your home renovation project.
- Polyethylene plastic sheets
- Duct tape
- Painter’s tape
- Foamboard
- Masking tape
- Kraft paper
- Rubber-backed runners
You can all these at your local hardware supplies store. You’ll want to get a lot of the paper, board, and the sheets, especially if you anticipate a constant mess happening en route to the work area.
How Do I Now Lay Down Some Protection for My Stairs?
Figure out where the foot traffic will be flowing from your door to the work area. Cover a path with the polyethylene plastic sheets.
Make sure you secure these with duct tape, and even turn a foot or so up the baseboard or walls and secure those edges with painter’s tape.
For areas where you anticipate a lot of construction, equipment, or heavy material, lay down sheets of the half-inch foam board insulation, secure them in place with duct tape, and place another layer of plastic on top of that.
Next, lay sheets of the kraft paper, especially those areas with carpet in traffic areas. Make sure the paper overlaps the seams in the plastic. Secure them further with tape to avoid them slipping or ripping easily.
Lastly, use the rubber-backed runners for high-traffic areas between your front door and/or garage door and the work area.
A Final Word
Major home projects– renovations, remodeling, and redesigns– can be particularly troublesome in that you can expect a lot of dust a quite a bit of a mess while it’s going on.
Without a doubt, this will create a mess on your floors and stairs, so you’re going to need to give these hardwood surfaces some protection against dirty boots, spillages, and heavy equipment moving about.
Your contractor may be top-notch, but don’t rely on them to look after the well-being of your floors and staircase. That’s something you should take responsibility for yourself.