Laying Hardwood Flooring On Steps

Once many many years ago while still young thin and energetic cubs we accepted a customer s request to install hardwood on their steps.

Laying hardwood flooring on steps.

Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase. I also used cove trim underneath each step to cover things up. Hardwood on stairs commitment mistake 1. Laying a solid hardwood strip floor is easier and faster if you choose a prefinished product to avoid the extra work of sanding staining and finishing.

More on that later. Hardwood floor nailer to test out which they claim is specifically designed to install brittle tongued flooring. Durable and available in engineered and solid options hardwood flooring is available in a variety of colors and install methods. 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.

Finish hardwood floor installation when you get to the last few rows switch back to nailing by hand. Measure the surface of the bottom step with a tape measure. Apply flooring glue of the back of the boards and place them on the steps. This nailer is much smaller than a traditional hardwood flooring nailer and doesn t require a mallet to hit the nail gun and shoot the nails.

People often ask me how to connect hardwood or laminate floor with staircase installation i always prefer start wood flooring installation from stairs but e. Cut the flooring boards to size using a circular saw. Notice that young thin and energetic are not joined by my most valued adjective smart. In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.

I don t have the patience to trim off each and every step like she did. Fortunately powernail sent me their new model 2000f 20ga. Ok we decided we could do that. Watch how to install treads risers and stair nosing on it.

Installing hardwood floors with a few careful preparations elbow grease and a weekend you can have beautiful new floors. On the last row cut the pieces to fit measuring the distance from the wall to the board not the tongue minus the expansion gap. Here is a step by step guide on how to complete this project successfully.