It was time to renovate our carpeted stairs.
Installing hardwood floors on stairs.
Measure the riser on the bottom step.
Installing hardwood flooring on stairs you can face with open sided staircase.
A lot goes in to installing hardwood on stairs.
Solid treads eliminates the need of attaching a narrow stair nose piece to a step promoting safety and ease of maintenance.
Place flooring adhesive on the back of the riser and glue it into place on the.
Installation of solid hardwood treads and risers takes place in a single installation step significantly reducing installation time.
Watch how to install treads risers and stair nosing on it.
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.
Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw.
Here is a step by step guide on how to complete this project successfully.
In most home improvement projects the skeleton of your stairs is already built but the surface parts the treads and risers might need replacing.
We replaced our floors upstairs with beautiful new hardwoods and that made these stairs look even worse.