Replacing carpeted stairs with wood stair treads/risers.
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Stair treads/risers
Comments (4)1. Take off existing treads. 2. put all of the risers on first. Why 1/4 inch? 3. put bottom tread on after scribing to fit (use liquid nails under before fastening tread) 4. nail/screw through risers into back edge of new tread. 5. continue to top one at a time. 6. no silicone. as said above paint won't stick. Ever....See MoreHELP!! Stair Riser is 2 3/4 Inches Taller than other Risers
Comments (32)We have been crazy busy this last week removing all the steel studs, furnace and two 50 gal water heaters from the basement to make ready for the new concrete floor so sorry I am just now getting back to here. We just finished late yesterday and we are both really sore from all that manual labor getting everything out. The company that will be putting in the concrete started at 7 a.m. this morning welding the iron that will hold the corrugated steel sheets that will hold the 4" concrete floor. When they are done with that, we will spend the next three days laying in the vapor barrier to cover the dirt and we also have to put extensions on the two sump pits. Prior to this, we had to have the OSB flooring removed and about 1 foot X 2,200 square feet of expansive soil removed, new helical piers drilled, the second sump pit installed and new perimeter trenches dug and new french drains and rock put in so this has been a horrific costly project. We have done any and all work we can do ourselves to defray costs. Thank you all for so much helpful advice...I appreciate all of it!! We did check into having tubes put into the concrete to carry heated water to heat the floors but about 80% of the floor will be carpeted and we have been told that heated floors would not be efficient with carpet. There may be some great pad to use under the carpet that provides more insulation too. There will be a tiled bath and a work/hobby room that we will put the heated mats under the tile. We may put in a high efficiency stove/fireplace in the future. I have been reading about all kinds of concrete sealers, one has tea tree oil in it which protects against mold and it seals against radon too so I think we will seal the concrete floors for an extra layer of security! We will also have this super heavy duty vapor barrier down on the soil. We live in Colorado so it can get very cold here and we also have radon issues. Back to the stair issue...I have received about 50 responses to the ad I put on Craig's List. One guy said he was experienced with stairs and it was probably a half day job and would be about $100 labor plus materials. That sounds really low but I plan to call each one back and screen them - or at least the ones who answered my ad in the way I asked them to - and the ones that look good I will have come look at the stairs and give me a bid. I realized that it doesn't make much sense to have them look at it until the concrete floor is in which will now be the second week of June....See MoreStair nose different color to tread & riser
Comments (12)Like the OP, we bought our flooring from a full service flooring store. Among other things, we had discussions about our engineered wood flooring choices, whether the manufacturer carried matching bullnose pieces, and if not, what was the workaround. Our engineered floor in Calif. was about $9/sf for the boards, so that’s, I guess you would say, mid grade. But the whole reason to go with a store like that is for their advice, their experience, their leverage with the manufacturers, their excellent Yelp reputation etc. Otherwise consumers can just buy on the internet... So when you buy and install flooring with a one stop shop, the store *should* manage the customers expectations as to quality and appearance if the floor has such significant shortcomings. Does anyone expect a homeowner to think of these details on their own? Our store explained everything and left no surprises. I am sorry for this disappointment for the OP....See MoreCap or replace stair treads/risers with hardwood after carpet removal
Comments (7)Thanks for all the feedback. @Patricia Colwell - a couple of them are rough. I'm not sure what type of wood it is. If I don't cover them, I'll have to replace them. I don't want to go back to carpet. That back room and those stairs is the last carpet in the house. I was tempted to consider just carpeting the treads (like the second post I made). I was lucky with the main house stairs, it had oak treads and I just had to clean them up. I guess if I want oak hardwood stairs, there is no magic. Hard work or big payout. As for existing treads, I still can't tell if they are under or butted up against the skirt boards. It doesn't make sense to do it that way, It has to just be well fitted treads. It would take a magician to cut those skirts with every level fitting so well. One more question regarding those three odd shaped treads from the first picture. What is the typical solution? Buy extra treads and use an extra one or two cut fastened together? Or do you order a custom boards from your lumber company? Answer to my own question, for those who are just learning like me. I need to buy/build a left hand winder tread set. Rona and many other places carry them. Done! I have no more questions/concerns with this subject. Thanks for the help. Thanks, Mark....See Morecat_ky
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