Replacing Stair Treads With Hardwood

Think about the number of times you use the stairs in a day and all it takes is a tired lazy step at the end of the day when it comes to stairs be safe follow the code.

Replacing stair treads with hardwood.

Installing hardwood treads using an easy to make template for pie steps or curved staircases last fall we tackled the renovation of our home s foyer. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well. Joined dec 16 2009 445 posts. Hardwood treads attach to a bare frame and average 160 per step including labor.

This will allow the tread to be removed without additional damage. Here i walk you through installing a flight of hardwood treads and risers. Adding treads to a flight of stairs would cost 1 600 to 1 920 with labor. Jump to latest follow 1 16 of 16 posts.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva teaches a homeowner how to replace split level stair treads in his midcentury modern home click here to subsc. If one of the damaged stair treads has a newel post resting on it remove the handrail first then remove the newel post before trying to remove the tread. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border. The average flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps.

After looking at my situation i decided to put new 1 treads on top of existing treads and 3 4 solid hardwood on the landing to stay within the code. You can buy stair treads at home supply stores or online. While it seemed a pretty straight forward p. Remove the end nosing and balusters on the damaged stair treads.

Discussion starter 1 jan 24 2011. Replacing the treads of your stairs which are the parts you step on. Providing a definitive answer for how to fix wood stair treads is difficult because there are literally hundreds of scenarios with respect to how the stair was constructed and newel and baluster placement. Cost to put hardwood flooring on stairs.

If you have hardwood floors you might want to get a matching wood for your stairs though some people like to have contrasting stairs. If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front. If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.

The biggest project was replacing the old carpet on the staircase with hardwood treads and white risers.