A smooth expanse of wood flooring adds warmth and anchors a room.
Installing floating engineered hardwood on stairs.
I had the same issue that kelly over at lilypad cottage was dealing with during her stair renovation.
Notice that young thin and energetic are not joined by my most valued adjective smart.
The stairs are a simple box design straight no landing or turn.
Measure the riser on the bottom step.
Do you recommend installing the stair treads and risers first.
Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw.
There are some key differences in engineered wood vs.
The planks glue together to create a floor that floats moves freely as a unit.
Dealing with the stair nosing.
You need to leave a 5 16 inch gap between the flooring and the baseboard or wall around the perimeter of the room to allow the floor enough space to expand.
Engineered flooring goes down over a thin foam sheet which provides cushioning and sound dampening.
Hardwood stairs cost quite a bit more money than the kind of engineered wood that you can get from a large chain home improvement store or a distributor online.
When installing an engineered wood floor there are a few things to consider from the condition of the subfloor to the method that you will use to install the flooring.
Ok we decided we could do that.
Installing a floating floor to a flush transition molding can potentially lead to buckling end joint peaking and squeaks later on.
Place flooring adhesive on the back of the riser and glue it into place on the.
Hardwood on stairs commitment mistake 1.
While that dried it was time to solve another challenge.
More on that later.
Once many many years ago while still young thin and energetic cubs we accepted a customer s request to install hardwood on their steps.
What can make hardwood flooring for stairs extremely pricey is having a custom staircase built out of a hardwood.
For step installations where the floating floor is glued down to the existing treads flush stair nosing if available can be used.