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Transition from laminate to carpet on stairs.
Most often the top stair will involve installing a stair nose.
The stair noses are spendy and they are.
The international building code specifies a maximum riser height of 7 inches so a single laminate plank usually suffices but you may prefer to use pine poplar or some other stainable wood instead.
I bought a t molding and cut it so that i had a thin veneer to cover the front of the.
The riser must come flush with the surface of the tread and the stair nose which goes on last curls around the top of the riser and either fits flush against the laminate.
If there is carpet on the riser it will be difficult to make it look good when you try to cover that exposed sub floor.
The risers go on next.
Laminate on stairs is not as ideal as you think.
Call us at 1 800 656 9862 carpet transition from the top riser of a stair using a z bar.
I didn t find any methods online that i was happy with so i did this.
You may have carpet on the stairs and need to install the laminate up to the top stair where the carpet ends.
So just trust me and cut it off.
One more suggestion never put laminate on your stairs.
Installing laminate on top stair to carpet can work both ways.
Just buy real wood treads and install those.
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.