Extreme Makeover: Stairway Edition

The other day we had to replace the carpet and subfloor on the landing leading down to the basement. Sam had peed on it repeatedly when he had a bladder infection, and it was all beyond repair. I thought we could get away with just replacing the carpet, but the wood underneath had been completely soaked, and not even a gallon of Nature's Miracle worked. It took us about 4 hours to do the whole job, and we still have to do the other landing! Luckily, there was some carpet leftover in the basement, so all we had to buy was wood, padding and tack strips.


Removing the old subfloor. This was the toughest part of the job.


Down to the framing!


New subfloor nailed down


Tack strips and padding down


All done!