Plywood Stairs To Hardwood

If you re interested in a cost friendly yet reliable option plywood treads are definitely the way to go.

Plywood stairs to hardwood. Now while this project still endured a total diy theme the. Or maybe you d like to convert an attic space and don t quite have the budget this year for hardwood flooring. House of forgings stair treads 72 in x 11 5 in red oak unfinished red oak stair tread. In order to install the hardwoods measure the stairs to get the cut lengths together.

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. Cut riser pieces use a table saw and start cutting the riser pieces to the correct size. Learn how to rip up that carpet on your stairs and reveal or create the beautiful hardwood that s been hiding underneath. This takes about 11 feet of floor space.

Smith stair systems 11 5 in x 48 in unfinished red oak stair tread. Perhaps you just removed your old carpeting in the hopes of finding vintage restorable hardwood only to reveal a plywood subfloor instead. For pricing and availability. For the actual structure of the bottom stairs we reused any 2 4 s and 2 6 s that we already head.

When he installed the new bottom two stairs he also routed the front edges of the 2 12 on the top and bottom so that the nose of the stair tread had a more pleasing and looked more finished and less like a 2 12. 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. My stairs go up about 10 feet the rise is about 7 1 2 inches and the stair is about 10 inches deep.