Measure the riser on the bottom step.
How to hardwood flooring stairs.
Choose premade stair treads.
Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw.
Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks.
Remove staples nails or tack strips.
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.
Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase.
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.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.
In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.
Flooring hardwood flooring installation care 4 comments 6 a lot goes in to installing hardwood on stairs.
Stair treads have the nosing built in so it looks much better and is a lot less wasteful.
Matching floors and stair treads.
First prep the stairs by removing the carpet with a utility knife and a pry bar.
Matching treads with new flooring falls into a custom category.
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.
All you have to do is ask the salesperson you ve been dealing with.
While that dried it was time to solve another challenge.
Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent.
Place flooring adhesive on the back of the riser and glue it into place on the.
Extremely hard to obtain with practically all prefinished floor manufacturers today.