[ST180]

I am finishing carpet grade stairs in my basement. Going with a stair re-tread product, although I haven't selected one yet. Doing the treads and risers looks fairly straightforward. My problem is with the landing. All the instructions and videos I've seen show a landing that makes a 90 degree turn so that there is only one edge that requires a landing tread, the other three sides are walls and a riser. So the installer butts the landing floorboards up to the landing tread and works back to the wall, where a gap is left and covered with trim. My landing platform has a two landing treads, so when you come down the stairs you can either turn right or left and step down. There is a wall opposite the last riser. How do I install the landing floorboards so that they butt tight against both landing treads? I think I need to rip the floorboards (they will run parallel to the treads) to fit on either side, cut a groove and spline them to the treads. Does that sound right? Are the boards nailed or glued to the plywood landing platform?
Thanks.

 

[de-nagorg]

A picture says a thousand words.

And will help me understand what you are trying to describe.

I got lost trying to decide if there was two different rooms at the landing or just one big room.


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[joecaption]

Whole thing made no since to me.
Why not get rid of the old covering on the stringers and install real treads?
Only place I've used a landing tread is at the top of the stairs.

 

[ST180]

Ok, does this help?

For the treads and risers I'll be using a product like this http://replacementstairtread.com/ but not necessarily that manufacturer. But what I'm trying to find out here is how to handle the landing with two sides requiring a tread.

 

[de-nagorg]

Figure out how many full width boards it takes to cover this, with a remainder.

Divide that remainder in half. That is what you rip a board to, to have a symmetrical pattern on each side.

Start in the center of the landing, and work both ways out, using a spline on the side without a tongue to be able to turn the second board around.

otherwise it will look OFF and your happiness will be less.

As for attachment, I would toe-screw this together. To hide any sign of attachment.


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