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Material for intermediate landings on oak stair tread staircase?

Nina Lauderdale
2 years ago

What material for intermediate landings w/ oak stair treads?


Any thoughts on how to handle this staircase issue? *


I was thinking of using these oak stair treads: https://www.flooranddecor.com/stair-parts/unfinished-1-1-16in.-box-tread---48in.-100597533.html , which are half the price of the "stair parts" places. I think Home Depoot has similar.


But I have two trapezoidal intermediate landings and not sure what material for them. The floors are not hardwood,** so buying oak tongue and groove flooring would be an extra thing (but not out of the question).


Suggestions I’ve been given:


1) Floor & Decor salesman:

Use oak plywood. Fronted by their oak stairnose that coordinates with the treads.


Issues:

a) There would be a gap between plywood and the oak stairnose.

b) Contractor has concerns about needing large screws to keep plywood down.

c) Contractor says one piece (plywood) wouldn’t look good on landing.



2) Contractor:

Use 1” x 6” oak planks.


Issues:

a) There would be multiple gaps, i.e. between each plank.



3) Google:

Landing tread and tongue and groove flooring

https://www.stair-treads.com/landings-in-the-staircase

https://www.woodstairs.com/what-is-landing-tread/


Issues:

a) Coordinating the landing tread with the Floor and Decor treads, in look and thickness. Home Depot

b) Finding a landing tread that satisfies (a) and will also work with tongue and groove flooring.

c) Plywood subflooring of stair landing is probably poorly built.


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* CONTEXT:


Project needs to finish soon (materials need to be in stock; no waiting weeks for availability of staircase specialist) and not be expensive.


We’ve been in multiple hotel rooms and AirBnBs for 3.5 months due to mold remediation and build back; the move-in date has been delayed 5 times. Almost out of money snd sanity. For important reasons, we cannot move back in until the new wood stairing (formerly carpet over crappy “sub-stair") is completed.



** Downstairs is 11 yo hand-scraped engineered wood; upstairs is newly installed laminate. I could have that laminate installed on stairs, but have read that laminate stairnose molding can fail over time and that laminate on stairs is particularly slippery.

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