Here i walk you through installing a flight of hardwood treads and risers.
Installing hardwood on stair stringers.
Solid treads eliminates the need of attaching a narrow stair nose piece to a step promoting safety and ease of maintenance.
Professional help is recommended for this project.
Use wood putty to fill all the screw holes.
This part installing hardwood on stairs is challenging and often best left to professionals.
Secure the blocking with through screws or hardware.
If necessary install the hardwood landing.
Check the rise alignment of all three stringers at each step and make adjustments so that they are within 1 16 in.
Install the treads starting at the bottom stair using 2 1 4 inch trim screws.
Secure them to the stringers with wood screws.
Nothing finishes a room off better than complementing your hardwood flooring with a beautiful hardwood staircase.
Attach the stringers to the deck framing with screws positioned low on the stringer.
Installing solid wood stair treads requires knowledge of wood grain cutting wood construction and using power tools.
As you install one riser position and fasten the corresponding tread so you can carefully climb to the next step for installation.
Use a circular saw to cut the treads to the length of each riser.
Make sure to sand and finish the balustrades first.
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.
The last step in installing hardwood on stairs is sanding and finishing.
Install blocking for joists that do not align with a deck joist.
After the stringers are attached install the stair treads and risers.
Then clean the sawdust by sweeping and vacuuming.
Finish and complete installing hardwood on stairs.
This video has some great techniques and tools tips that will help you achieve tig.
Apply construction adhesive to the stair and then place the tread plank on top squeezing adhesive as evenly as possible.
Before adding the final top tread add a 2x4 brace between the stringers at the top step to offer extra support.
Clean off excess adhesive then nail treads to their corresponding stringers.
This task also requires a bit of patience to complete but the result is a.
Installation of solid hardwood treads and risers takes place in a single installation step significantly reducing installation time.
And then the treads risers and stringers.