Treads, Risers and Nosing
Tread wood can be hickory, maple, red oak or white oak. Every tread is cut 1 inch thick and paired with a bull nose and a riser.
Tread wood can be hickory, maple, red oak or white oak. Every tread is cut 1 inch thick and paired with a bull nose and a riser.
Tread samples ride in the estimator's truck. Holding a few against your hall floor makes the right wood obvious.
We tighten any wobbly step first. Then each new tread is scribed to the wall, glued and screwed down, riser by riser.
Our NWFA certified, licensed and insured crew builds each flight with a one-year labor warranty. Anything that slips, we fix.



A Preston step is $60, including the tread, riser, bull nose, matching stain and labor.
Yes. The carpet, pad, tack strips and staples all go, and we set the removal price at your free Preston visit.
Treads that are sound oak take a hand refinish for $50 a step, while cracked or thin ones get replaced.
Yes. Stain the risers like the treads for an all wood look, or paint them white for contrast.
Mostly. The loose step is tightened first, and the new tread is glued and fastened so it stays quiet.
On an open side, a return piece wraps the nose around the exposed end so the tread looks finished.
Unfinished treads can go in the next day and be done in two. Prefinished treads are special-ordered and take longer to arrive.
Yes, the stair labor carries a one-year warranty from a licensed, insured, NWFA certified Preston crew.