How To Lay Engineered Hardwood Flooring On Stairs
If your stairs are carpeted remove the carpeting as well as any tack strips and remaining staples.
How to lay engineered hardwood flooring on stairs. Choose premade stair treads. For tread planks you can buy planks with pre made rounded edges to keep your stairs from looking blocky. While that dried it was time to solve another challenge. Cut the flooring boards to size using a circular saw.
I had the same issue that kelly over at lilypad cottage was dealing with during her stair renovation. Dealing with the stair nosing. Buy premade stair treads. Watch how to install treads risers and stair nosing on it.
Trim to your preference. Place each riser against the frame underneath. Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase. Nail the boards into place with finishing nails.
Cut the treads large about one inch larger than the stair so they hang over the riser. Apply flooring glue of the back of the boards and place them on the steps. This also helps your stain to better match your floor. Stair treads have the nosing built in so it looks much better and is a lot less wasteful.
Once you ve cleared the stairs of any debris vacuum the steps to get any dirt dust or remaining staples cleared off. Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent.