Treads, Risers and Nosing
Red oak, white oak, hickory and maple are the tread options on the truck, each 1 inch thick and 11 1/2 inches deep with a bull nose and its own riser.
Red oak, white oak, hickory and maple are the tread options on the truck, each 1 inch thick and 11 1/2 inches deep with a bull nose and its own riser.
The estimator carries tread samples into your East Hampton home, and holding them against the floor at the foot of the stairs makes the choice obvious.
Before new wood goes on, any wobbly step is screwed tight, and then each tread is scribed to the stringers, glued and fastened.
Each staircase is built by a licensed, insured and NWFA certified crew with a full year of labor warranty, and anything that loosens brings us back.



A new step costs $60 and that includes the hardwood tread, riser, bull nose, stain to match your floor and the labor. Laminate on stairs is $50 per step.
We can, pulling the carpet, pad, tack strips and staples in one pass. The removal cost is agreed at the free estimate once we see the wood below.
If the oak is solid, stair refinishing is $50 per step, hand sanded and stained to the floor. Treads that are cracked or worn through should be replaced at $60 instead.
Yes, oak risers stained to match are a frequent choice in Middle Haddam colonials. White painted risers are the other common look.
We screw the stringers and old treads tight before gluing and fastening the new wood. That takes out the movement behind the noise.
Each tread receives a return end that wraps the open edge in a matching bull nose. Balusters are reset on top afterward.
Treads arrive from Milford the next day and a typical flight of 13 steps takes one to two days. Stain and finish cure overnight.
Brazil Floors warranties the labor for one year and the hardwood carries its manufacturer warranty. Every crew member is licensed, insured and NWFA certified.