How To Install Laminate Flooring Next To Stairs

Hi today i show you how to install vinyl or laminate flooring on your staircase.

How to install laminate flooring next to stairs.

Installing laminate flooring on stairs can be tedious and time consuming and is a lot different than installing laminate flooring on a floor. Save materials band aids. Start your installation at the top of the stairs for the simple reason that you can avoid standing on freshly installed flooring that way. This how to do transition from laminate floor to stairs or threshold between laminate floor to stairs show how to install transition from laminate floor to s.

The international building code specifies a maximum riser height of 7 inches so a single laminate plank usually suffices but you may prefer to use pine poplar or some other stainable wood instead. Step 1 remove carpet and tackstrip most often you will have carpet on your stairs and you need to remove it first. To install laminate flooring on stairs start by removing the overhang or the underside of the stairs with a jigsaw. See how you do it once right fast.

The risers go on next. Laminate flooring installed on a stair case. How to install laminate flooring on open stairs. Its pretty easy just make sure to purchase a stair set jig and have a skil s.

This will also help you to have all the tools right next you so all you need to do is take them one step down with every step you complete. Alternatively you could cover the overhang with plywood to make it level. Start installing the floor at the top of the stairs. The riser must come flush with the surface of the tread and the stair nose which goes on last curls around the top of the riser and either fits flush against the laminate.