Changing Stairs From Carpet To Laminate

Here was my situation.

Changing stairs from carpet to laminate.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Or the space beneath the hang can be filled in with wood. Or you can have laminate on the stairs and need to finish the carpet up to the top stair of laminate. The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise.

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. When homeowners have carpeted stairs and laminate flooring extra care must be taken to transition the two flooring types. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs.

Builddirect was awesome enough to partner with us on this project and provided all the materials. Fortunately it s a diy friendly project thanks to laminate s easy interlocking installation. When you remove. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

There are different ways to attach laminate flooring to stairs depending on what type of laminate flooring you are using. If you are looking to replace the carpet on your stairs with the look and feel of wood laminate flooring can be an affordable option. This is our stairs before. Most often the top stair will involve installing a stair nose.

Replacing carpet with laminate is an excellent way to give a room a makeover. Most of the stairs have an overhang that may need to be cut off. Installing a laminate stair nosing over the top step of the carpeted stairs will tie the stairs into the laminate flooring and make the transition look seamless. According to floor critics laminate flooring is not real wood but looks and performs like it making it an affordable flooring option as well.

The first step was obviously removing all the gross carpet and 30 million staples later we were ready to go. Need to know tips before you get started with replacing your floor form carpet to laminate. The new stair nose cannot be installed with an overhang. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.