No vapor barrier or padding should be used.
Installing laminate flooring on concrete stairs.
To install laminate flooring on stairs start by removing the overhang or the underside of the stairs with a jigsaw.
Alternatively you could cover the overhang with plywood to make it level.
If you ve got concrete stairs to cover the laminate must be glued down using high quality construction glue.
A floating installation is not secure enough for stairs and flooring coming loose might lead to falls.
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If you haven t installed the flooring on the landing yet go ahead and install the bullnose molding when you reach the top of the stairs so you can butt the flooring up to it.
When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples.
Laminate flooring installed on a stair case.
Once this is done measure and cut out your pieces of laminate to make tread pieces riser pieces and stair nosing.
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Quick step planks not only look great on the floor.
Installing laminate flooring on concrete steps.
The nosing can be compatible with laminate flooring if that s what you re installing on the landing but it doesn t have to be.
Slide the first two rows into their final position and repeat steps 5 and 6 above using the same alternating plank technique to complete the process.
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