Installing Prefinished Hardwood Stair Treads

Nothing finishes a room off better than complementing your hardwood flooring with a beautiful hardwood staircase.

Installing prefinished hardwood stair treads. A full hardwood stair tread overlay system includes form fitted tread covers and matching or painted riser boards. Installing prefinished stair treads is easy and we ve put together this short video to outline the basic steps used to transform your carpeted staircase to a new wood staircase in a single afternoon. The following process illustrates one method of installing boxed in stairs. The best systems use 100 percent hardwood materials resulting in the look of traditional hardwood stairs.

Measure the riser on the bottom step. This video is based on 48 stair treads if you have a smaller set of stairs you will most likely use less adhesive per step. Easy to follow step by step instructions give diyers the information they need to install new treads and railings. High quality prefinished stair treads are made of solid edge glued wood not a veneered or engineered material and can be used to cap or reface an existing tread.

Historically the hardwood flooring contractor s job ended on level ground and an experienced trim carpenter would be called in to construct stairs. Retro fitting stair treads is the simplest solution for a diy er intent on installing hardwood treads over an existing flight of stairs. Wood treads and risers are typically installed by a stair specialist not the company installing the flooring although some high end wood flooring contractors also handle stairs. But now more and more flooring contractors are taking on this task themselves and are being paid accordingly.

Cut the prefinished stair riser to the proper height using a circular saw. Both pieces attach directly to the original wood staircase after any carpeting or other finished flooring has been removed. Installing solid wood stair treads requires knowledge of wood grain cutting wood construction and using power tools.