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19th May 2016, 06:37 AM #1Novice
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Overlaying chipboard stairs with tassie oak
Hi,
I want to rip up the carpet from my staircase, but the risers and treads are particle flooring and I want to laminate with thin Tassie Oak boards.
I was wondering if anyone has undergone a similar task and could offer me a push in the right direction?
I cannot decide between nail-down solid boards (10mm thick) or the 'click & glue' laminated engineered boards.
A big issue for me is finding something with matching stair nosing. Supplier/product recommendations would be appreciated, as my search to date has gone in circles.
cheers,
Chris.
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19th May 2016, 07:50 AM #2
Your biggest problem will be regardless of what you choose that you will be altering the rise of the first and top step. The lowest rise will be say 10mm bigger than the rest, and the top rise will be say 10mm less than the rest. I'm not sure the staircase will remain compliant if you do this. I think you might be better off recarpeting.
Putting a laminate at the top and bottom is not an option as you then create a trip hazard.
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19th May 2016, 11:17 AM #3Novice
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Of course, I didn't think of this.
Cheers for the heads up, back to the drawing board.
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20th May 2016, 09:19 AM #4
Just a few ideas on this.
If there is already carpet on there how thick is this?
if you can keep you Tas Oak to this thickness you should be ok?
A mate in the ACT is doing flooring and has given me left overs,from memory it was a thick veneer backed with ply. You could probably thickness this to suit your carpet dimension.
Provided you still have carpet upstairs the top step should be ok also.
I did our stairs in solid Tas Oak and had a joinery run nosing for me out of some off cuts.
You could make your own with a big round over bit in the router.
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20th May 2016, 11:06 AM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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20th May 2016, 07:04 PM #6
I have done this on a custom wood stair and used Sikaflex to fix the flooring down (bamboo) and carpet nosing angle for the nosing edge with a facing on the riser.
The NCC (National Construction Code) allows for a variation in rise of first and last rise height but not intermediate within a flight. The maximum allowable variance is 20mmThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
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20th May 2016, 07:54 PM #7Novice
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I recently had to cut laminated floating timber floor boards to cover stairs for a builder. Apparently the client loved what we did. While it was quite fiddly it can be done but involves a lot of mitre cuts, for which you will need something that can do nice mitre cuts. I am not completely familiar with stair terminology and just did what I was asked to do at work. If you want to know more feel free to let me know and we can chat on the phone and I will let you know exactly what was involved . Cheers
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21st May 2016, 09:49 AM #8
Remember to make sure; that whatever you end up choosing, is a Non-Slip suface on the treads. With regards to a noseing solution (and depending on the look your after) You can get aluminium mouldings that are approximately 50 x 25 mm right angle, with the top face,on the larger face, grooved with ripples, for a no-slip edge.
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