How To Lay Engineered Hardwood Flooring On Stairs

Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase.

How to lay engineered hardwood flooring on stairs.

Choose premade stair treads. For tread planks you can buy planks with pre made rounded edges to keep your stairs from looking blocky. While that dried it was time to solve another challenge. Now we can talk about the proper way to do stair treads.

If your stairs are carpeted remove the carpeting as well as any tack strips and remaining staples. Cut the flooring boards to size using a circular saw. Watch how to install treads risers and stair nosing on it. Trim to your preference.

Apply flooring glue of the back of the boards and place them on the steps. Use heavy duty gloves for this portion of your project as staples and tack strips can puncture the skin. Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent. This also helps your stain to better match your floor.

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. Cut the treads large about one inch larger than the stair so they hang over the riser. Place each riser against the frame underneath.

I had the same issue that kelly over at lilypad cottage was dealing with during her stair renovation. Dealing with the stair nosing.