In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.
Installing hardwood floors on stairs.
It was time to renovate our carpeted stairs.
Measure the riser on the bottom step.
Solid treads eliminates the need of attaching a narrow stair nose piece to a step promoting safety and ease of maintenance.
Next use a tape measure image 1 and mark where cuts need to be made on each tread and riser cutting at the marks with a miter saw image 2.
Place flooring adhesive on the back of the riser and glue it into place on the.
Here s our starting point.
Watch how to install treads risers and stair nosing on it.
Installation of solid hardwood treads and risers takes place in a single installation step significantly reducing installation time.
To prepare for the stairs to be finished cut back the lip on the existing treads and thoroughly clean the stairs with a vacuum.
We replaced our floors upstairs with beautiful new hardwoods and that made these stairs look even worse.
Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase.
It ended up being a little more difficult than normal since we planned on installing hardwood flooring on stairs with an existing nosing but i found an easy solution.