Treads, Risers and Nosing
Red oak, white oak, hickory or maple. Whichever you choose, the tread is a full inch thick and 11 1/2 inches deep, bull nosed on the front, and its riser comes in the same delivery.
Red oak, white oak, hickory or maple. Whichever you choose, the tread is a full inch thick and 11 1/2 inches deep, bull nosed on the front, and its riser comes in the same delivery.
The estimator keeps tread samples in the truck. Lay one against your floor at the bottom step and the species that belongs there announces itself.
Steps that move underfoot are screwed tight before any new wood comes up the driveway. Each tread is then scribed to the stringers, bedded in glue and fastened so it cannot shift again.
The crew building a Boxford staircase is ours, licensed, insured and NWFA certified, and the labor they do is warranted for a full year.



$60 per step, and that covers the hardwood tread, its riser, the bull nose, a stain tuned to your floor and the time it takes to set it.
Yes. Carpet and pad come up, strips and staples follow, and what that removal costs is settled at the house before anyone starts.
If they are solid oak and still sound, hand sanding and refinishing is $50 a step. A tread that has cracked or worn thin gets replaced instead.
They can. Oak risers in the tread stain give an all wood staircase, while white paint makes a crisp two tone look.
Almost always. The wobbly steps are screwed tight first, then each new tread is scribed, glued and fastened so it has nowhere to move.
We add a return to each exposed end so the rounded nose carries around the side and nothing looks raw from the hall.
Treads that arrive already finished are ordered in for us and need a few weeks of lead time. Unfinished treads can usually go in the following day, with the whole job finished in two.
Yes. The stair labor carries a one year warranty, and the installers hold a license, insurance and NWFA certification.