How to lay hardwood flooring on stairs with nosing description.
How to lay solid wood flooring on stairs.
Fortunately if you re looking to change the look of your staircase it is fairly easy to install engineered wood flooring on stairs even for beginning diyers.
Watch installing hardwood on stairs.
I had the same issue that kelly over at lilypad cottage was dealing with during her stair renovation.
Stair treads have the nosing built in so it looks much better and is a lot less wasteful.
Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent.
This also helps your stain to better match your floor.
Dealing with the stair nosing.
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.
Now we can talk about the proper way to do stair treads.
Place flooring adhesive on the back of the riser and glue it into place on the.
Attach the risers with construction adhesive.
In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together.
To prepare for the stairs to be finished cut back the lip on the existing treads and thoroughly clean the stairs with a vacuum.
Buy premade stair treads.
Things i mention in this vid.
Use a table saw and start cutting the riser pieces to the correct size.
Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw.
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While that dried it was time to solve another challenge.
In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.
Choose premade stair treads.
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Next use a tape measure image 1 and mark where cuts need to be made on each tread and riser cutting at the marks with a miter saw image 2.
Flooring hardwood flooring installation care 4 comments 6 a lot goes in to installing hardwood on stairs.
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