Treads, Risers and Nosing
Our racks hold maple and hickory, plus white and red oak. Our treads come full thickness and generously deep, so hauling a laundry basket to the second floor feels secure.
Our racks hold maple and hickory, plus white and red oak. Our treads come full thickness and generously deep, so hauling a laundry basket to the second floor feels secure.
Prop the tread samples against your banister in the evening, when the hall light is on, and the stain you pick will look right at the hour you use those stairs most.
Creaky or rocking steps get screwed tight before anything else. Next our carpenter scribes every tread tight to the plaster, then glues and nails it down.
Every carpenter is NWFA certified and on our payroll. A step we built that fails inside twelve months gets repaired; lumber has its own warranty.



By the step. A new one runs $60, which includes the tread itself plus its riser, the nosing, sanding, stain and clear finish. Sturdy existing treads get refinished for $50 apiece.
Often, yes. Once the runner is off, we inspect every tread for cracks and thickness. If the wood is solid, we sand and reseal it rather than replace it.
Usually not. We often work on every other step, let those dry, and then return for the ones in between, so people can still go up to bed at night.
It leaves with us. Our crew loads the runner and padding onto the truck, pries out each staple and tack strip, and sweeps the stairs bare before new wood goes on.
Yes. Our finisher mixes the stain on an extra piece of tread and checks it against your hallway oak until the two agree, then uses that blend on the stairs.
Most people go with red or white oak, and hickory and maple are available too. Our estimator brings a sample of each to compare in your own hall.
Call us. Within the first year a tread that loosens or squeaks is fixed for free under our labor warranty, and the lumber carries its own product warranty.
Yes. We drive screws into loose or squeaky steps before the new treads are installed, which takes care of most noise for good.