Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
How to put laminate flooring on stairs with carpet.
Measure the height from the top of the tread above to the top of the tread.
The first step was obviously removing all the gross carpet and 30 million staples later we were ready to go.
Installing carpet on stairs the right way.
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Most of the stairs have an overhang that may need to be cut off.
You may have carpet on the stairs and need to install the laminate up to the top stair where the carpet ends.
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.
When i start working on this project a carpet was already installed.
You also have to remove the numerous staples and tackstrips holding it.
Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Cut a piece of laminate flooring or 1 by 3 4 inch thick poplar or other hardwood for painted risers to fit each riser.
Next make a slit directly in line with each post to the edge of the carpet away from the stair.
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.
Apply a 3 inch wide snake like bead of construction adhesive on the back of the laminate stair nose molding.
Press the stair nosing in place on the step.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
This video is about how to install laminate floor transition to carpet.
The stair nosing should cover the top part of the carpeted stair riser and fit on the wood subfloor of the top step.
You most probably already have carpet on the stairs and understandably you need to remove it before installing the laminate flooring.
Follow the instructions on dry time.