I am nearing completion of construction for my own new 2 story home. On the 2nd floor, I am planning to install a floating bamboo floor (5/8" stranded type) over gypcrete (lightweight concrete floor poured over radiant in-floor heat tubing. I think I can handle most everything, but I am not certain what the best option(s) is for running the floating floor into the staircase which goes down to the first floor. In the rest of the house, the edge of the floating floor will get covered by baseboard, but at the top step, there is no such option. Does anyone have suggestions as to the best way to deal with this? One more thing - it's tongue and groove and I was planning to glue the boards together. I already have the flooring and there are stairnosings I have with a groove on them which I was planning on assembling with the planks to cover the stairs too.
Call or go to the place where you bought the floor and ask if they have anything to use where the floating floor will meet the step. They might have a piece of molding or something made just for that situation.
Just make sure you don't create a tripping hazzard. Purchase a hardwood stair nosing to match your stair treads (Oak?). Then make sure that the nosing hangs past the stair riser the same as the others. It will probably be Thicker than the flooring but you can take it to a local cabinet shop and have them cut a rabbett ( an offset) in it . Good Luck
Here is how you install a floating floor you have to start at the stairwell going down. When you have a interlocking stair nose that when locked to the floor will be the same height. If you had an overlapping step nose then you can start anywhere so that is your first thing to consider. Okay next you steps, glue them(or staple) down to each step. If you are also doing the risers you have to start with those before you do the step part of the step(remember nosing first then your planks.What are you using as an underlayment under the floating floor? This is important since you are creating a space between the subfloor and the bamboo you need a sound deadner. If you can get a product called quietwalk this is an excellent underlayment for your project.
