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Matching stairs to pre-existing wood floors

4 years ago

Hello! Does anyone have any advice on the following? We currently have carpet on our stairs (split entry foyer). Brazilian cherry hardwood floor on first floor that stairs lead to. There is also tile at the foyer midpoint of the split entry at the front door. We would like to remove the carpet and tile and replace with hardwood that matches the first floor. The first floor wood floors have been in since we bought our home 2 years ago and estimate them being 5-10years old. What is the best approach to starting this project?

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Get a pro that knows how to match flooring
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National Hardwood Flooring & Supplies
4 years ago
New Braz. ch wood will be lighter in color, it is photosensitive and will darken up over time to match your existing wood or you can stain the new wood and try to match the current color, best of luck.
jnaykh88 thanked National Hardwood Flooring & Supplies
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millworkman
4 years ago
The proble very well may end up being that adding to hardwood to your stairs may throw off the rise and run taking the stairs out of code compliance and making them uncomftable to walk on.

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