How To Install Laminate Flooring Around Stairs

Laminated flooring is slick and tough enough to create a smooth surface that lasts for years.

How to install laminate flooring around stairs.

If you don t have access to a jamb saw you will have to install the laminate and leave an expansion gap around it. The riser must come flush with the surface of the tread and the stair nose which goes on last curls around the top of the riser and either fits flush against the laminate. Save materials band aids. Laminate flooring floats over the subfloor and although you need to hold it down with baseboards it s stable over a large area such as a living.

Step 5 remove the boards and apply a coat of laminate flooring adhesive to the back of each piece with a notch edged trowel. How to install laminate flooring on open stairs. Hi today i show you how to install vinyl or laminate flooring on your staircase. The risers go on next.

If you happen to have a stair that has ceramic or even stone down to the floor you could use the jamb saw with a masonry blade to under cut it also. Laminate flooring installed on a stair case. The installation of laminated treads and risers is. The international building code specifies a maximum riser height of 7 inches so a single laminate plank usually suffices but you may prefer to use pine poplar or some other stainable wood instead.

Alternatively you could cover the overhang with plywood to make it level. To install laminate flooring on stairs start by removing the overhang or the underside of the stairs with a jigsaw. Watch a pro. How to cut laminate flooring around stair spindles.

Cut and install the 90 degree corner trim on the edge of the step for a finished look locking it into the groove of the laminate pieces around the spindle.