Changing Stairs From Carpet To Laminate

How to change stairs from carpet to laminate.

Changing stairs from carpet to laminate.

When homeowners have carpeted stairs and laminate flooring extra care must be taken to transition the two flooring types. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. When you remove. Replacing carpet with laminate is an excellent way to give a room a makeover.

This is our stairs before. 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. As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise. How to transform carpeted stairs into hardwood.

The rest of the steps had a 7 5 rise. 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. There are different ways to attach laminate flooring to stairs depending on what type of laminate flooring you are using. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look. Need to know tips before you get started with replacing your floor form carpet to laminate. Or the space beneath the hang can be filled in with wood. The new stair nose cannot be installed with an overhang.

Most often the top stair will involve installing a stair nose. 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 carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. Most of the stairs have an overhang that may need to be cut off.

Or you can have laminate on the stairs and need to finish the carpet up to the top stair of laminate. 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. Fortunately it s a diy friendly project thanks to laminate s easy interlocking installation. The first step was obviously removing all the gross carpet and 30 million staples later we were ready to go.