There are many situations that you will need to know how to install laminate flooring transitions.
Laminate transition top of stairs.
Move back to the transition strip.
Most of the stairs have an overhang that may need to be cut off.
Check the level of the nose and tap the piece down if necessary until it is completely flat against the stair.
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.
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.
People often ask me how to connect hardwood or laminate floor with staircase installation i always prefer start wood flooring installation from stairs but e.
Step 1 examine the carpeted steps.
Or you can have laminate on the stairs and need to finish the carpet up to the top stair of laminate.
Like icing on a cake transitions are typically the last materials to complete the floating floor project.
Lay a towel over top of the strip.
These are very important to use.
Most often the top stair will involve installing a stair nose.
The stair nose molding will then cover the top edge of the carpeting.
I would use a square edge transition and butt the vertical edge of the transition up against the top stair.
Set the laminate flooring transition piece over the strip so the tongue of the piece fits into the groove of the strip.
Or the space beneath the hang can be filled in with wood.
How to install laminate flooring transitions.
With the laminate being lower than the top stair its not a good idea to use a t mold as it would be on a slant.
Their purpose is to cover the edge of the laminate flooring where it meets another floor or where it will end and still provide the expansion gap that is needed.
I m not sure how even that would be with the top stair.
The risers go on next.
I m assuming the top stair is 3 4 of an inch thick.
The new stair nose cannot be installed with an overhang.