Stair Kits

[themistress666]

I heard and saw on Tv that it is possible to buy Laminate/ real wood faced stair kits, that you fit like normal laminate flooring over the top if your existing staircase. Does anyone know where i can get these sorts of kits from?

Id be most greatful if anyone could help me with this

 

[kedsy]

You can use normal laminate(I believe) and join the edges with stair nosing. I'm in the process of starting this myself on my stairs, just having a bit of trouble finding the correct stair nosing.

Theres a post on here somewhere about laminating stairs.

 

[big-all]

just looked for it kedsy but cant find it

Theres a post on here somewhere about laminating stairs.

 

[kedsy]

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13560&highlight=shaws

I have been looking into this myself as I also want to laminate my stairs. You can buy kits made by Moderna, they consist of the laminate and stair nosing but are quite expensive, the price I was given was approx £25 per step. BHK supply these http://www.bhkonline.com/

Or if you allready have the laminate and want to buy the nose profiles then these are around £20 per 2.4m length(enough for 3 steps of standard size staircase). Everywhere I have asked said that this has to be ordered as they dont stock it as standard(can also choose your colour).

 

[big-all]

now im not a fan of laminate floor on stairs cos in my opinion adapting it to stairs is at best a botch but-----------------
this product quite pleases me it seems to take my safety concerns into mind eg non slip robust looking nosings sitting firmly on the front of the tread

 

[the stairman]

You need to be very carful trying to put laminate flooring onto your stair treads, you will need a stair nosing detail at the front and this needs to have anti-slip, and then the staircase is going to look more like a comercial staircase.