Treads, Risers and Nosing
Red oak, white oak, hickory and maple are the four tread woods we offer in Greenwich. Every one is 1 inch thick and 11 1/2 inches deep, bull nosed in front and matched with a riser.
Red oak, white oak, hickory and maple are the four tread woods we offer in Greenwich. Every one is 1 inch thick and 11 1/2 inches deep, bull nosed in front and matched with a riser.
The estimator brings actual tread samples to the house. Hold them next to your floor at the bottom of the stairs and the right wood is easy to spot.
Any step that moves is screwed down to the stringers first. Then the installer scribes each tread to fit, sets it in glue and fastens it so it stays quiet for good.
Licensed, insured, NWFA certified Brazil Floors employees build every staircase, and the labor carries a twelve month warranty. If anything shifts, we come back.



$60 per step, including the hardwood tread, riser, bull nose, stain matched to your floor and labor. The estimate and the invoice carry the same number.
Yes. Carpet, pad, tack strips and staples all come off, and the removal price is set during the free visit.
If they are solid oak, hand sanding and refinishing costs $50 per step. Cracked or thin treads are replaced.
Yes. Oak risers in the tread stain give an all-wood staircase, while white paint gives a sharper contrast.
In nearly every case. Loose steps are screwed to the framing before anything else, and each tread is glued and fastened.
A return goes on each exposed end so the rounded nose carries around the side. Every tread looks complete from the room.
Unfinished treads usually start the day after the estimate and take two days. Prefinished treads are special ordered and arrive in a few weeks.
Yes, twelve months on the labor. The Greenwich stair crew is licensed, insured and NWFA certified.