Cut riser pieces use a table saw and start cutting the riser pieces to the correct size.
Installing hardwood floors at top of stairs.
The stairs are a simple box design straight no landing or turn.
Then clean the sawdust by sweeping and vacuuming.
At the top of the stairs behind the top tread there is not a suffient gap to install the flooring so that it will apr 11 2015 i am replacing carpet in an upstairs hall with 3 4 prefinished wood flooring.
Shown and discussed in this five page series is a collaboration of how an engineered plank was installed on a roughed framed wood substrate or the actual surface once the carpet and padding is removed.
Finish and complete installing hardwood on stairs.
Make sure to sand and finish the balustrades first.
The top piece on stair nose is nothing more than a small strip of wood that is used when hardwood flooring is installed on the top step.
And then the treads risers and stringers.
In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together.
If you install flooring on the landing before you do the stairs be sure to leave a gap for nosing that is compatible with the flooring.
I am wondering about this since i will be installing new engineered wood flooring at the top of the stairs too and want the finishing to be done right and without excessive challenges due to poor planning.
If you haven t installed the flooring on the landing yet go ahead and install the bullnose molding when you reach the top of the stairs so you can butt the flooring up to it.
Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors.
It bridges the gap between the front edge of the step and.
Do you recommend installing the stair treads and risers first.
Sand the hardwood planks lightly.
It would have been a dirty time consuming and difficult process.
The last step in installing hardwood on stairs is sanding and finishing.
Hardwood stairs average 100 to 200 per step including labor a flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps and would cost 1 000 to 2 400.
The overhang from the new flooring the cove trim almost covers the entire lip of each step.
Maybe a 1 8 is left showing.