Treads, Risers and Nosing
Choose maple, hickory or one of the oaks, red or white. Every tread is trimmed to the true width of your stairwell, since walls in century old houses wander out of square.
Choose maple, hickory or one of the oaks, red or white. Every tread is trimmed to the true width of your stairwell, since walls in century old houses wander out of square.
We bring a box of sample treads to every estimate. Lay them across your lowest step beside the hall and compare stains in the actual light of your stairwell.
Rickety steps are anchored with long screws first. Our carpenter then scribes each tread, beds it in adhesive and nails it, which ends the creak on step four for good.
Our NWFA certified stair carpenters are licensed and insured. Each staircase they build carries a one year labor promise, and we return if any tread starts to move.



A new hardwood tread costs $60 with installation. When the treads already there are solid oak and still in good condition, refinishing costs $50 per step instead.
Yes. We plan the schedule with the owners and tenants, keep one side passable when possible and clean up daily so nobody is stuck.
No, that is our job. We strip the carpet, foam and staples ourselves so every new tread rests firmly on the framing underneath.
Install plus stain and finish usually takes a couple of days. Before starting, you get a written date when everyone can walk on them again.
We test stain right next to your existing hardwood and tweak it until the stairs and the hallway look like they were installed together.
Yes. Loose steps get fastened down tight before we install anything new, and that quiets nearly every creak in an old house.
Labor is due as our carpenters begin, and materials on delivery. Your free estimate lists the number of steps and the price for each.
For twelve months we guarantee the stair labor, and our licensed, insured carpenters come back if anything works loose during that time.