Treads, Risers and Nosing
You can pick from red oak, white oak, hickory or maple for the treads. Every tread measures 1 inch thick by 11 1/2 inches deep and arrives bull nosed with its riser.
You can pick from red oak, white oak, hickory or maple for the treads. Every tread measures 1 inch thick by 11 1/2 inches deep and arrives bull nosed with its riser.
The estimator carries tread samples in the truck on every visit. Lay them beside your floor at the bottom step and the right wood becomes obvious.
Wobbly steps get screwed solid before anything else happens. Then the installer scribes each tread to the stringers, glues it and fastens it down.
Licensed, insured, NWFA certified crews build every staircase, and the labor is covered for one year. Any squeak or slip is ours to fix.



A step costs $60, and inside that are the hardwood tread, the riser, the bull nose, stain matched to your floor and the installer's time. There is no separate charge for any of those parts.
Yes, carpet, pad, tack strips and staples all come off. The removal price is set at the free visit.
When the oak is solid, we hand sand and refinish them for $50 per step. Split or thin treads get replaced instead.
Hickory is the hardest of the four and shrugs off grit from the trails. White oak is a close second and takes stain evenly.
Most flights are rebuilt in a day and the stain and finish dry overnight. You walk on them in socks the next morning.
Yes, the stain is mixed and tested against your floor at the bottom of the stairs. The samples go on in daylight before anything is final.
Yes, laminate stairs run $50 per step in labor, with nosing in the same shade on every edge. It ties into a laminate floor on either level.
Nobody but Brazil Floors staff, all licensed, insured and NWFA certified. Labor is covered for one year.