Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
How to put laminate flooring on stairs with carpet.
When i start working on this project a carpet was already installed.
You may have carpet on the stairs and need to install the laminate up to the top stair where the carpet ends.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Measure the height from the top of the tread above to the top of the tread.
This video is about how to install laminate floor transition to carpet.
You also have to remove the numerous staples and tackstrips holding it.
Protect your hands using gloves during the removal as there is a very real chance that you might be injured by the staples.
The first step was obviously removing all the gross carpet and 30 million staples later we were ready to go.
Cap stairs if the stair is open on the side with railing posts the carpet must be cut around each post and re joined on the other sidefirst install the tread as described above.
There are different ways to attach laminate flooring to stairs depending on what type of laminate flooring you are using.
Next make a slit directly in line with each post to the edge of the carpet away from the stair.
The stair nosing should cover the top part of the carpeted stair riser and fit on the wood subfloor of the top step.
Most often the top stair will involve installing a stair nose.
Or you can have laminate on the stairs and need to finish the carpet up to the top stair of laminate.
Installing carpet on stairs the right way.
I had to add ne.
Press the stair nosing in place on the step.
Most of the stairs have an overhang that may need to be cut off.
Cut a piece of laminate flooring or 1 by 3 4 inch thick poplar or other hardwood for painted risers to fit each riser.
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Builddirect was awesome enough to partner with us on this project and provided all the materials.
Follow the instructions on dry time.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.