These are very important to use.
Laminate transition top of stairs.
Most of the stairs have an overhang that may need to be cut off.
Set the laminate flooring transition piece over the strip so the tongue of the piece fits into the groove of the strip.
The carpeting should reach up to the top stair riser.
Step 1 examine the carpeted steps.
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.
The new stair nose cannot be installed with an overhang.
Check the level of the nose and tap the piece down if necessary until it is completely flat against the stair.
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.
I m assuming the top stair is 3 4 of an inch thick.
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.
Lay a towel over top of the strip.
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.
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.
The risers go on next.
Most often the top stair will involve installing a stair nose.
Move back to the transition strip.
I m not sure how even that would be with the top stair.
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.
I would use a square edge transition and butt the vertical edge of the transition up against the top stair.
There are many situations that you will need to know how to install laminate flooring transitions.
Like icing on a cake transitions are typically the last materials to complete the floating floor project.
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.