Treads, Risers and Nosing
Red oak, white oak, hickory or maple, pick one. Belchertown treads are milled an inch thick and 11 1/2 inches front to back, bull nosed, each with its riser.
Red oak, white oak, hickory or maple, pick one. Belchertown treads are milled an inch thick and 11 1/2 inches front to back, bull nosed, each with its riser.
The estimator's truck carries tread samples to Belchertown. Set them against the hall floor beside the bottom step and the right wood picks itself.
Wobbly steps get screwed solid first. Only then does the installer scribe each tread to the Belchertown stringers, glue it and fasten it down.
Each Belchertown staircase is built by a crew with a license, insurance and NWFA certification, and the labor is warrantied for a year. Any slip gets fixed.



Sixty dollars a step in Belchertown. Hardwood tread, riser and bull nose, a stain pulled from your floor and the labor are all in that number.
Yes. The carpet leaves the Belchertown stairs with us, pad, tack strips and staples included, and the removal price is agreed on site before work starts.
Solid treads get hand sanded and refinished, $50 a step. Cracked or thin ones come out and new oak goes in.
Yes. Oak risers in the tread stain read as all wood, while white paint gives a crisper contrast.
Nearly always. Wobbly steps are screwed solid first, then each tread is scribed, glued and fastened so the Belchertown stair stays quiet.
Each exposed end gets a return, so the bull nose wraps the side and the tread reads as finished from the room.
Prefinished treads are special ordered and wait on the mill for weeks, while unfinished Belchertown jobs often begin the next day and finish in about two.
Yes. Twelve months on labor, and the crew members are NWFA certified Brazil Floors employees with a license and insurance.