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