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How to install hardwood floors on open stairs.
Installing hardwood on the stairs is not an easy task.
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It ended up being a little more difficult than normal since we planned on installing hardwood flooring on stairs with an existing nosing but i found an easy solution.
Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw.
We replaced our floors upstairs with beautiful new hardwoods and that made these stairs look even worse.
Here s how to install hardwood on stairs.
In this case we settled on a dark distressed bamboo hardwood.
Measure the width and length of the room and multiply for the square footage.
A lot goes in to installing hardwood on stairs.
Here is a step by step guide on how to complete this project successfully.
A common complaint with bamboo hardwood floors is that while they re really resilient to dings and scratches once they re installed the tongues on them can be really brittle so installing them typically requires gluing them down rather than nailing them down which can be a little messy and challenging.
Place flooring adhesive on the back of the riser and glue it into place on the.
Introduction choose the boards.
Use cut off boards from one row to start next row.
It was time to renovate our carpeted stairs.
Measure the riser on the bottom step.
However with the right instructions mixed with enough patience and determination you ll be able to lay down hardwood on your stairs nicely.
Step 1 measure the room.
Open sided staircase tread riser and nosing installation.
In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.
Prepare the stairs by cleaning it well with a vacuum.
Here s our starting point.
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Watch how to install hardwood flooring on stairs.