Engineered Wooden Flooring on Stairs
Engineered wooden flooring is something that many people are deciding is a better option than hardwood floors; the main reason being it is less expensive. The good news is that you can use engineered wooden flooring in many of the same places that hardwood flooring can be placed. This includes not only flooring on flat surfaces but also engineered wood flooring on stairs. It's actually fairly easy to install this type of flooring on stairs if you know how to do it.
Preparing the Stairs for Engineered Wooden Flooring
In order to make sure that the engineered wooden flooring on stairs is installed well you need to make sure that the stairs are prepared and ready. This includes making sure that the stairs are clean and have no nails or staples sticking out. Also this is a good time to make sure that the stairs have no squeaky spots and that everything is fixed. Once you place the flooring on them you won't be able to go back and fix them. Look at the steps and see if they have a nosing, if they do this needs to be removed. You will have to use a saw to remove this if you realize that you do have one that needs to be removed.
Engineered Wooden Flooring on Stairs
The next thing that you need to do is to measure the stairs and also the risers. Then use a saw to cut the boards so that they are the right size to be placed on the stairs. Following this you need to measure all the nosings and use a saw to cut those down to size. The next step is to apply urethane to the nosings and nail them and the riser pieces into place.
The next step is making sure that the wood planks for the steps are cut. You want to take extra care that they are accurate and measured correctly. After you have cut all the pieces of wood so that you have a piece for each step you want to glue each piece down. Put adhesive on all the steps and then fit the boards into place using glue. You are going to want to make sure that you work from top to bottom because you are going to have to let the stairs dry overnight and you will be stuck at the top of the stairs if you work from bottom to top.
When you are thinking about putting engineered wooden flooring on stairs you need to take a few things into consideration. Since you are working on stairs you need to more careful while working and make sure that all the work is precise so that nobody trips or stumbles because of an uneven stair. Just like any other home project if you don't think that you can do it safely it is always better to call a professional so that you know it's being done well, this is better than having to backtrack and fix a mistake.
