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Posted by Al Bundy on April 22, 2007, 9:19 pm
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>> Planning on putting laminate flooring in my basement recroom.
>> Wondering how difficult it is to do the stairs as well. Easy? Hard?
>> What's involved?
>> I'm a fairly handy guy and has good knowledge in that area.
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> Can be either. If you are buying a reputable brand of laminate, they
> make a bull nose just for the stairs. If you are buying some cheap-o
> brand at the dollar store, they probably don't have such a thing.
>
> If you have stairs between two walls, it is easy to just put the
> laminate between them, but an open stair takes a bit more work
> mitering the bull nose to fit.
>
> In any case, be sure you have a good carbide blade on the saw and a
> set of knee pads for doing the floor. You can buy a cheap carbide and
> toss it when done, or a good carbide and have it sharpened as good or
> better than new when done.
> .........carbide blade
OP: Don't even bother trying to get away with non-carbide. It will be
blue smoking on 10 cuts. Laminate surface on one I used contained
aluminum oxide. Same stuff used in sandpaper for metal. Tears up non-
carbide blades.
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