Making Stair Treads From Hardwood Flooring

For example in our new house we are using sea smoke from adm flooring.

Making stair treads from hardwood flooring. Adding treads to a flight of stairs would cost 1 600 to 1 920 with labor. Nothing finishes a room off better than complementing your hardwood flooring with a beautiful hardwood staircase. While the domestic treads will start at 30 or so longer length returns and prefinished will run the price up. 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.

This means that not only are solid treads more visibly attractive but there is not a joint at the worst possible place where the nosing overhangs and is constantly under pressure and stress. This is very important because stains can look very different on different types of wood. So we made sure and order white oak stair treads. Cost to put hardwood flooring on stairs.

If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood. It is a beautiful european white oak. Attach that piece with construction adhesive and nails as well. The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.

Wooden stair treads average cost. So while you can use hardwood flooring to piece together stair treads the overwhelming benefits of solid stair treads cannot be overstated. If you are paying a contractor to do the job expect to pay 100 150. Hardwood treads attach to a bare frame and average 160 per step including labor.

If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it. The average flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps. In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.