Replacing wood edging strip on tiled step

[Phil_D]

I tore up an engineered wood flooring in my kitchen/dining room today to expose the tiles beneath.

Unfortunately I was unable to get all the screws fixing the edging strips around two steps up, so as I prised the wood flooring up it broke some tiles and tore off one of the original wood edging strips (there was a lot of adhesive on it so it was probably always inevitable).

I'm going to give the tiling a go as I've got spares in the garage and it looks straightforward enough. However I'm unsure how to go about replacing the wood edging as I can't seem to see how it was fixed in place on top of the stonework. The remaining edging also has no obvious signs.

You can see the screw holes in some of the tiles and the original edging where the newer floor was fixed down.

 

[bigegg]

pinkgrip or gripfill type construction adhesive

 

[Phil_D]

pinkgrip or gripfill type construction adhesive

Ideal thanks mate!

 

[brightspark]

silicone is better than pink grip

 

[gaz1]

you need a stair nose for that job if making it by hand you need a router to get the profile right

http://www.cheapflooringdirect.co.uk/solid-oak-stair-nosing.html

 

[Phil_D]

you need a stair nose for that job if making it by hand you need a router to get the profile right

http://www.cheapflooringdirect.co.uk/solid-oak-stair-nosing.html

seems that link is for wood floorings where the ends of the pieces need to be covered up? The wood strips that are down currently aren't shaped anyway special and theyve probably been down for years!

 

[Phil_D]

Bit of a daft question but where would be the best place to get a strip of oak? To use as the edging.

The usual culprits don't do anything like that (b&q, wickes, Homebase). Will a timber merchant just sell a single piece?

 

[bigegg]

Bit of a daft question but where would be the best place to get a strip of oak? To use as the edging.

The usual culprits don't do anything like that (b&q, wickes, Homebase). Will a timber merchant just sell a single piece?

my local wood yard (clive walker timber in leeds) will do oak in a single length. 1m minimum charge

 

[gaz1]

cheapest way is to buy a door weather bar

 

[cumbriasteve]

Are you determined to retain a wood edge, even oak will end up scuffed on the edges.

Normally for that task you would take the flat tiles over the edge of the vertical one's finishing flush faced with no need for any edging strip at all.

 

[Phil_D]

Well I ended up replacing all the broken tiles. Reasonably happy as it's the first time I've done any tiling and I had to cut all of the tiles by hand with a scribe which is a bit fiddly

Spoke to the two nearest timber merchants and neither had any oak suitable for the edging so will have to wait till next week to get that squared away. This floor only has to last another 12 months or so until we re do the kitchen so not hugely bothered how things last, just thought as I had spare tiles it was an opportunity to try something new!

 

[angellonewolf]

if your replacing soon get any type of wood and stain it

pound land have varnish

and if not the right colour just ad a bit of black to darken it down test peice cheak to see if match if not more black darken again once close do the first coat and apply more coats till its the same colour and then glue down