Stair Landings:
Installing Hardwood Flooring
When you are removing the carpet on your steps and replacing
them with hardwood stair treads,
then you may also need to address the landing... here's a
few ideas on how to solve the problem.
We have started custom making 36-48" strips of hardwood
flooring to match the lengths of our hardwood stair treads.
We can offer many different types of wood from African mahogany
to Brazilian cherry on a custom order basis as well as red
oak, white oak, birch and maple. See below, when and where
this product might be a great answer.
Step One:
The first consideration to deal with before installing wood
flooring on your landing, is addressing the stair landing
edge treatment.
Option A: purchase a stair
nosing from your hardwood flooring supplier and use this on
the front edge; convenient and pre-stained to exactly match
your existing hardwood flooring.
Option B: purchase an unfinished
nosing ( #1800). Why? There is usually a greater selection
of  lengths
to choose from, whereas prefinished moldings are only typically
available from your flooring supplier in 7' lengths and quite
expense.. Certainly this is true of Mirage Prefinished stair
nosing.
Downside: must finish it ...
but then you already have to finish the steps to match anyway...
Step Two:
You need to finish the landing off with flooring from the
back of the nosing discussed above, to the back wall.
Option A: use prefinished
flooring on the landing to match the hardwood flooring you
have installed on the main floor .
Upside: convenient, especially
if you have some left over from the main installation
Downside: In a situation like
in the picture above, where a landing is caught between two
sets of stairs, if you have difficulty getting the stain for
the steps above and below the landing, to exactly match the
rest of the hardwood flooring then installing more of your
prefinished hardwood will only accentuate the "off-colour"...
we have a better option.
Option B: Specified Lengths of Unfinished
Hardwood Flooring
We have just started manufacturing unfinished hardwood flooring
in lengths to match your stair treads for installation on
wood landings.
In other words we ship lengths of hardwood flooring that
are typically between 36" and 54" long.. or whatever
you need to cover the landing with hardwood flooring continuously
from the right side to the left. In this way, you will not
need to splice any of the flooring and it will end up looking
exactly like your treads..... then you can stain all your
steps, nosing (#1800) and the unfinished flooring for your
landing at the same time..... everything in your hallway will
then match.
Note: in situations where your hardwood flooring
is "natural" i.e.. no stain used to alter the natural
colour of the wood, then just use prefinished flooring...
this product is only an advantage when you are dealing with
stain matching.
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