Treads, Risers and Nosing
Four woods for Bourne treads: red oak, white oak, hickory and maple. Whichever you choose measures an inch in thickness by 11 1/2 inches of depth, carries a bull nose and pairs with its own riser.
Four woods for Bourne treads: red oak, white oak, hickory and maple. Whichever you choose measures an inch in thickness by 11 1/2 inches of depth, carries a bull nose and pairs with its own riser.
Tread samples come to Bourne in the estimator's truck. Stand them where the stairs meet the floor and the right wood picks itself.
Wobbly steps in a Bourne stair get screwed tight before any new wood arrives. Then every tread is scribed to its stringers, glued and fastened down.
A licensed, insured, NWFA certified crew handles each Bourne staircase, with one year of labor warranty behind it. If something slips, we come back and fix it.



$60 for each Bourne step, covering the hardwood tread, the riser under it, the bull nose, a stain tuned to your floor and the labor.
Yes. Carpet and pad come off the Bourne stairs, tack strips and staples come out, and the removal price gets agreed on site.
If the oak is sound, hand sanding and refinishing costs $50 for each step. Cracked or worn thin treads get replaced.
Yes. Oak risers in the tread stain make the stair all wood, while white paint gives a sharp contrast.
On most Bourne stairs, yes. Loose steps get screwed down first, and each fresh tread is fitted, glued and fastened to stay silent.
A return goes on every exposed end of a Bourne stair so the rounded nose wraps the side and each tread looks finished.
Prefinished treads get ordered and take weeks, but an unfinished Bourne stair often starts the next day and finishes in two.
Yes. One year on our stair labor in Bourne, with crews that are licensed, insured and NWFA certified.