Hello all,

Newbie to the site and have found much useful information. I am installing a BR-111 cherry floor in a townhouse (second level). The first flight of stairs comes into this floor at a 45-degree angle.

Do I need to mill (via router or whatever) a tongue into the ends of the boards that are going to fit into the nosing?


Thanks,
-Bill

Tieing in is the proper way to do it Bill... especially true on a 45 degree. Is your nosing already grooved? If so spline the nosing and groove the boards.

I think I'm going to invent stairnosing milled with a tongue on it!!! Everytime I get to the top of a staircase and want to take off installing the upstairs, I'm making a spline.

Bevel the edge of the nosing at about a 5 degree angle, cut the boards off straight but a hair long, tap it into place with a mallet (rubber tipped hammer) once you have fitted it into place and looks good (top tapped tightely togeather) pull it back out and glue the hell out of it, use a trim nailer to nail it in place, when you start give a tap down on it with the mall, nail, tap again, nail again. usually what I do is 2 rows parelled at an 1-1/2" to 3" appart and go about 12" inbetween them. Once im done with that I then run a center row, 1 nail every 12" / Basically an X pattern.

Well, it looks like the consensus is to spline the joint between the pre-grooved nosing and the soon-to-be-grooved floor board ends.

Too bad that invention mentioned by Floorguy hasn't been invented yet - I'd be a customer today....

Thank for the replies guys.