If your stairs are carpeted remove the carpeting as well as any tack strips and remaining staples.
How to lay engineered hardwood flooring on stairs.
Trim to your preference.
Place each riser against the frame underneath.
Stair treads have the nosing built in so it looks much better and is a lot less wasteful.
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.
Cut the flooring boards to size using a circular saw.
Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase.
This also helps your stain to better match your floor.
Nail the boards into place with finishing nails.
Apply flooring glue of the back of the boards and place them on the steps.
I had the same issue that kelly over at lilypad cottage was dealing with during her stair renovation.
Dealing with the stair nosing.
Cut the treads large about one inch larger than the stair so they hang over the riser.
Once you ve cleared the stairs of any debris vacuum the steps to get any dirt dust or remaining staples cleared off.
Buy premade stair treads.
Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent.
Choose premade stair treads.
While that dried it was time to solve another challenge.
Now we can talk about the proper way to do stair treads.