Now we can talk about the proper way to do stair treads.
How to hardwood flooring stairs.
Flooring hardwood flooring installation care 4 comments 6 a lot goes in to installing hardwood on stairs.
Measure the riser on the bottom step.
Matching treads with new flooring falls into a custom category.
In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.
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.
Choose premade stair treads.
This also helps your stain to better match your floor.
Extremely hard to obtain with practically all prefinished floor manufacturers today.
Stair treads have the nosing built in so it looks much better and is a lot less wasteful.
I had the same issue that kelly over at lilypad cottage was dealing with during her stair renovation.
Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw.
Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase.
They ll probably hem and haw and say i ll have to get back to you on that.
Remove staples nails or tack strips.
Dealing with the stair nosing.
Matching floors and 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.
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.
Use pliers and a pry bar to pull up any nails tacks.
You don t want to damage them.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath be careful when cutting the carpet.
Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent.