How To Install Floating Floor Around Stairs

The risers go on next.

How to install floating floor around stairs.

Floating floors are an easy mess free way to install new flooring without necessarily having to remove the existing flooring. Trim these door casings with a flush cut dovetail saw if the flooring doesn t fit underneath the casings. 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. 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 5 remove the boards and apply a coat of laminate flooring adhesive to the back of each piece with a notch edged trowel. The cost of installing hardwood floors in a 330 square foot living room is between 2 640 and 5 280 with the average homeowner paying 3 960. It would have been a dirty time consuming and difficult process. Wood flooring provides a feeling of warmth in a room.

To install laminate flooring on stairs start by removing the overhang or the underside of the stairs with a jigsaw. If you are installing the flooring below grade or in a room like a basement with high humidity or moisture lay down a vapor barrier before you install the flooring. My solution for installing hardwood flooring on stairs with an existing nosing. Maybe a 1 8 is left showing.

This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity. Cut and install the 90 degree corner trim on the edge of the step for a finished look locking it into the groove of the laminate pieces around the spindle. Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.

They should acclimate for at least 48 hours. Alternatively you could cover the overhang with plywood to make it level. When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples. The average cost to install wood flooring is between 8 and 16 per square foot depending on the type.

A popular choice they are easy to decorate around since. The overhang from the new flooring the cove trim almost covers the entire lip of each step. Not enough that it s worth it to me to cut the whole thing off. Slide the first two rows into their final position and repeat steps 5 and 6 above using the same alternating plank technique to complete the process.