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How to install laminate flooring next to stairs.
Step 1 remove carpet and tackstrip most often you will have carpet on your stairs and you need to remove it first.
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.
The risers go on next.
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Its pretty easy just make sure to purchase a stair set jig and have a skil s.
Installing laminate flooring on stairs can be tedious and time consuming and is a lot different than installing laminate flooring on a floor.
Start installing the floor at the top of the stairs.
Laminate flooring installed on a stair case.
Start your installation at the top of the stairs for the simple reason that you can avoid standing on freshly installed flooring that way.
Alternatively you could cover the overhang with plywood to make it level.
Hi today i show you how to install vinyl or laminate flooring on your staircase.
To install laminate flooring on stairs start by removing the overhang or the underside of the stairs with a jigsaw.
Laminate flooring floats over the subfloor and although you need to hold it down with baseboards it s stable over a large area such as a living.
How to install laminate flooring on open stairs.
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.
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