Expanding the bottom stair.
Plywood stairs to hardwood.
This takes about 11 feet of floor space.
Here i instal our hardwood stairs using my homemade nose treading from part 1 out of same wood for the floor.
Cut riser pieces use a table saw and start cutting the riser pieces to the correct size.
House of forgings stair treads 72 in x 11 5 in red oak unfinished red oak stair tread.
A solution for situations like this is to sand the plywood and paint it to look like hardwood.
So it s certainly possible to do the work yourself just make sure you don t need the stairs for awhile 0.
In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together.
For pricing and availability.
Smith stair systems 11 5 in x 48 in unfinished red oak stair tread.
Now while this project still endured a total diy theme the.
For the actual structure of the bottom stairs we reused any 2 4 s and 2 6 s that we already head.
Or maybe you d like to convert an attic space and don t quite have the budget this year for hardwood flooring.
Learn how to rip up that carpet on your stairs and reveal or create the beautiful hardwood that s been hiding underneath.
36 x 10 1 2 unfinished oak interior stair tread and 42 x 10 1 2 unfinished oak interior stair tread are the two sizes the kits come in so we ordered seven of the 36 inch and six of the 42 inch after measuring both sets of stairs and determining the crazy size differences.
Plywood thickness for stair treads as mentioned above you can create stair treads out of a variety of materials including stainless steel wood granite marble quartz glass and so on.
Perhaps you just removed your old carpeting in the hopes of finding vintage restorable hardwood only to reveal a plywood subfloor instead.