DIY bullnose vinyl floor planks & 2 stair transitions

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Why purchase the bullnose pieces when they are so costly AND they are most often not the same brand? DIY!!
0:00 Intro & scope
2:13 Router the pieces
3:01 The bender tool setup
4:20 Bending the pieces
5:42 Installing the planks
6:46 Stair transition #1
8:13 Stair transition #2

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@100PercentYourNeighbor 3 ай бұрын

Great idea! This is exactly what I was looking for. Another great example of what KZfaq should be used for! Thanks for creating a fantastic video and sharing your solution.

@eschdaddy Жыл бұрын

You know, you’re the first person to give a good answer to bull nose dilemma! Thanks! Got the gun, the multi tool. Just needed an excuse to buy a router… you Da man!

@saltystairtreads Жыл бұрын

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@daveenns Жыл бұрын

FYI - it’s October now, I think I did this about 5 months ago. It’s all still holding up great.

@jedi008 2 ай бұрын

Perfect solution to a similar problem I am having - I needed a bullnose to mate up with flooring on a landing while the rest of the stairs are carpeted. Thank you for sharing!!!! BTW, I love the homemade kiln you used as a weight - I made one just like it years ago!!!!!

@user-qh2sj7wj2k 3 ай бұрын

I found it helpful to make the bending side of the jig with three boards 2- 3/4 inch and 1-1/4 inch. Also make the outer board slightly taller than the inner. This held the board in better…on the second attempt 😊 thanks for posting!

@joezada3681 5 ай бұрын

Excellent Job, and details.

@kengabbbs145 Жыл бұрын

Excellent work

@gr8dane0 8 ай бұрын

wonderful video. Thanks for sharing.

@JerryCalverley 2 ай бұрын

Impressive! Great process!

@przemekkrysinski8528 Жыл бұрын

Awesome montage and video editing. Love it. Making bullnose is good. Gonna try it in a near future.

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

You should!

@bobs6129 2 ай бұрын

Wow you are the man brother I have this exact problem right now and I was thinking somewhere along the same lines but I haven't tried you do the same thing for composite decking on railing. Seriously thank you very much

@user-xd8pn5id2i Жыл бұрын

Great video. I will use this to complete my project!

@BZ1340 Жыл бұрын

Ever done a step with shown edges. A 3 sided shown face edge, 1 1/2 deep

@turkeytrac1 Жыл бұрын

Great video. You could've made your second transition using either a 1/2 dowel of appropriate diameter mounted on 1/8" or 1/4" ply backer then used the same way as your welded transition support.

@alysonmosby4237 Жыл бұрын

Good job!

@Vinnie-rd8so Жыл бұрын

Great vid.. exaclty what I needed to see before I do my project. The bullnose was available for my flooring but is not anymore and I'm totally ok with that. Was going to cost me around $400 in bullnose material and not look nearly as good as this method. Thank you!

@josephlee4587 9 ай бұрын

😊

@Artsrock36 10 ай бұрын

Wow….weeee! I’ve had this flooring for 4 years was so excited to start my redo but sadly this issue quickly ended my project as I did not anticipate this problem much less the cost of purchasing the bull nose molding so my flooring has remained in the box but it’s coming back out now that I found you!!!Thank you ,,thank you dear Sir for sharing your mad skills you just made my day I can’t wait to restart. Hey can you tell me what kind of heat gun to get for this please

@mccwho 4 ай бұрын

Plus I have a flight of free floating stairs that were carpeted. We didn't want to reuse the existing wood since it was only construction grade 2x12 (full of staple holes). I wanted to use the LVT on them so they would match. Your solution will work for those steps as well. I'll just need to adapt the technique for those 1.75" treads.

@c.j.2506 13 күн бұрын

Great video and very helpful! I have the same hest gun as you do, and I wasn't sure what temperature to go with. You're the 1st video that I ran across that said the temperature. I have seen a couple of videos where people have removed the padding from the LVP. I guess the reasoning behind doing so is because the glue won't adhere to the padding that well. Any thoughts or insight is greatly appreciated.

@mccwho 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! BIG THANK YOU!!! I've been struggling with this dilemma for 2 years now, (unfinished stairs). I had the idea to do a heat and bend but could never figure out the mechanics of it. This saved us from building custom stais. Thank you again!

@mccwho 4 ай бұрын

@Strongasmeat Жыл бұрын

impressive

@reanie1985 Жыл бұрын

Nice 😊

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@user-mp8bw2iv3d 10 ай бұрын

Great video, Thank you!! Its been a year, did a gap ever develop?

@kaboom362 11 ай бұрын

@Dave Enns Do you think you can form the plank to a square nose rather than a round?

@rhondawalker6732 Жыл бұрын

Where the two seams come together on the Treads, is it noticeable? because as I've seen when applied as flooring, no two pieces are exactly the same.

@c.j.2506 13 күн бұрын

What's the best glue to use for gluing the lvp stairs?

@sergeyyuminov8577 Ай бұрын

Wow

@elkhunter307 Жыл бұрын

Cool video. Best I’ve seen on this topic. 👍🏼

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@PositunesMusic 9 ай бұрын

What temp. setting do you use on the heat gun? I mean, I know it's max, but what's the max temp. possible on your heat gun? thx

@tribalwind Ай бұрын

Is it really necessary or helpful to router the dado in the back to thin it? I see many of these videos where nobody else did this ?

@GeorgeStory-ho4uk 2 ай бұрын

😊😊

@DiffEQ Жыл бұрын

Never heat the finished side. There is no reason to do it and you will avoid damaging the wear surface and the vinyl, itself. Never heat the finished side.

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Maybe it is possible to complete the full bend without hearing that top side. Good advice. I had not tried that. It was hard to get the gun up and in there once a large amount of the bend had happened.

@randywl8925 Жыл бұрын

How about don't blister the finished side. All the how to videos by flooring installers show heating the face. I'd make this a two person operation, one person keeping track of the temp with an infrared thermometer as the second applies the heat. Mostly to the back of possible. Heat up a scrap gradually until the face bubbles. Now keep the face 20 to 50 degrees cooler.

@briankrahenbuhl4975 Жыл бұрын

Not heating the finish side has dire consequences... kzfaq.infoQw7XCxT9Fus?feature=share

@buzzkill8214 18 күн бұрын

The fuckin know-it-alls have to reply on every video. Nobody cares about your 2 cents.

@ajose223w3 9 ай бұрын

How are they holding up? I seen on another video people saying this will shorten the life of the pieces

@hafeezurrahman1000 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Can you please comment on how to make a square nosing?

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

I don’t think a square nosing is easily achievable with vinyl floor plank. Seems to want to have a pretty good sized curve to it.

@jeffschlaver1343 Жыл бұрын

check out his KZfaq video for square nose kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNtlh9t3u6eZmGw.html

@knockbliebeth Жыл бұрын

Floors by Southern Boys did a video on square nose. Essentially replace the square router bit with a v-grove bit and route down to the wear layer, then heat, bend, glue, and hold. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obinisx82MXVooE.html

@kbyrd-qy3xo 11 ай бұрын

can you do this with 4 inch wide planks?

@pzb4 Жыл бұрын

Does the glue hold with the rubber backing on the vinyl planks? I figured you’d have to remove the rubber.

@briankrahenbuhl4975 Жыл бұрын

Prep the pad by scrapping with a stiff wire brush or even a heavy girt sandpaper should work. #SaltyCustomVinyl

@ghostryder1829 Жыл бұрын

For the step that didnt have the hangover you could have used a 3/4 inch dowel rod and cut it in half and glued that inside bend. great job none the less.

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. My situation got exciting simply because my son had recently finished his welding training. So I went that route. I don't think I have the right tools to cut a dowel in half, but maybe the hardware store sells them in halves already. I believe I have seen them in quarters. Thanks

@timothyoldford6638 Жыл бұрын

Did you remove the attached underlayment before gluing the planks down?

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Sort of. For the bullnose pieces, I had the router removed just a small section of it so that I could get the bend without any buckling. For the top stair transitions, I used the router (in the video) to remove some of that underlayment, while then removing the opposite "overlayment" on the floor planks so that they would fit together puzzle style.

@user-mp8bw2iv3d 10 ай бұрын

What mill flooring is that?

@skibum151 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it cause issues the way you connected that first top stair transition because you attached the transition strip to the flooring and also glued it down so the floor has no expansion gap now?

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

yes, possibly. I didn't think about that when I was doing it. I don't want any expansion to push the bullnose over the step, so hopefully I don't have issues. If I do, then I will post and let you know. Ultimately, the other end of my flooring is not far away and has good expansion gap underneath the baseboard. I put this in about April of '22, as we go through Winter, I should be able to see how a year cycle of expansion effects things. Thanks.

@stacenrob1977 Жыл бұрын

It will gap eventually

@efieldsiii Жыл бұрын

Great video, How much rubber did you leave at the beginning of the plank before you made 2 passes with what looks like a 3/4 inch flat router bit. Was it 1/2 inch ?

@DiffEQ Жыл бұрын

How about you use your head and realize it varies based on your application. You don't know how to think for yourself and need EVERYTHING and EVERY detail spelled out for you? Really??? SMH

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

That distance was approximately 1/4” for me. Realistically, it could be routered all the way to the edge. The idea is to just take some relief off of the areas that will be bending.

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Retired engineer - pretty negative comments.

@elkhunter307 Жыл бұрын

@@DiffEQ what is the need to be an asshole? Boomers are the worst generation…. Outside of my parents I can’t wait for this generation to leave the earth. The world be much happier and nicer.

@rowleykats717 Жыл бұрын

@@DiffEQI wonder why you have to be so condescending. I’ll bet you are such fun to hang with. What an a$$hole!

@Me-dw7sp Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for the information. Could you tell me where or what the exact name of the piece you put in to support the bullnose. I’m having a hard time googling It. Thank you.

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the metal L? If so, I don't know the name. This pic is not the exact item, I had just found that metal L at my local hardware store. www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.123rf.com%2Fphoto_38901142_rolled-metal-lbar-angle-steel-isolated-on-white-background.html&psig=AOvVaw0nosl3cVpM8jJ52TEfQRwK&ust=1670177301364000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA4QjRxqFwoTCOCD07eF3vsCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ

@elwuachedeceibas Жыл бұрын

How much would it cost for set of 18 steps? Labor only

@saltystairtreads Жыл бұрын

What material and what profile?

@Paul-jw3rr Жыл бұрын

What kind of adhesive did you use?

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

I don't recall exactly. I just checked my garage for leftovers. none. After googling floor adhesive, the Liquid Nails products are looking familiar.

@daveenns Жыл бұрын

Actually, right at 5:51 in the video, I can see the glue. "subfloor deck" check that out.

@jacobsurber3180 Жыл бұрын

As a professional flooring installer, Heavy duty construction Gorilla glue works best. Liquid nails and PL 400 fail every time when it comes to floor coverings.

@thetibbarguy Жыл бұрын

Actually, that damaged piece makes it look more real. Maybe fill it with wood putty and stain it a little bit? Most of the time, floors and stairs aren't perfect.