How To Redo My Stairs

One of the issues we found when we were replacing the stair treads was a big gap on the both sides of the tread up against the wall.

How to redo my stairs. With some creativity and a pros help you can transform your plain stairway into anything you want. We cleaned the stairs with a TSP alternative. Apr 13 2016 - Your stairs can become a lot more than just stairs.

- Step 4 tape the risers and sides. Instead of shoe covers I laid heavy pieces of construction grade brown paper over the steps. Check out my step-by-step tutorial so that you can redo your own stairs with minimal work and maximum effect.

Risers are oak plywood. Then a polyurethane with dark walnut then clear polyurethane. Well this is a cheater version little scraping little painting that uses wood caps on top off your existing stairs.

Hardwood Stairs Refinishing Process Remove any carpeting from the stairs Remove all carpet staples Strip the stain from the treads Sand the treads and risers using an orbital hand sander Hand sand the spindles banister and around the base of the spindles Vacuum and wipe down everything until the. For installation instructions and to. Check out the video series on Refinishing Wood Stairs.

First 3 steps done. Then Justin took the time to carefully pry off each glued and nailed stair tread and stand it outdoors and route the front edges. Then if necessary purchase carpet padding or re-carpet the area.

The step-by-step process below outlines the installation of one prefinished tread. They are called Retro Treads and mine were unstained red oak from Lowes. Learn how to strip and sand your wood floors.