Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase.
How to hardwood flooring stairs.
Each one of stair steps had a lip or edge on it nosing and the replacement hardwood flooring we planned to install didn t cover it.
Stair treads have the nosing built in so it looks much better and is a lot less wasteful.
Now we can talk about the proper way to do stair treads.
Matching treads with new flooring falls into a custom category.
Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent.
Dealing with the stair nosing.
Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw.
While that dried it was time to solve another challenge.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
Flooring hardwood flooring installation care 4 comments 6 a lot goes in to installing hardwood on stairs.
All you have to do is ask the salesperson you ve been dealing with.
In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.
Remove staples nails or tack strips.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.
Measure the riser on the bottom step.
This also helps your stain to better match your floor.
They ll probably hem and haw and say i ll have to get back to you on that.
Matching floors and stair treads.
Buy premade stair treads.
Watch how to install treads risers and stair nosing on it.
Place flooring adhesive on the back of the riser and glue it into place on the.
You don t want to damage them.
After removing the carpet dispose of the carpet pad.
Extremely hard to obtain with practically all prefinished floor manufacturers today.