How to make your own curved stair treads.
Making curved stair treads.
I couldn t wait for the sheet rock work to be done because i really enjoy the second part of a stair project like this one.
Part two of this article covers laminating skirt boards building custom pie shaped stair treads bending a curved stair rail cutting fitting and installing handrail balusters and final trim details.
In step 2 he measures the height h or the perpendicular distance from the center of the chord to the arc.
In step 1 he measures out a chord c a straight line between two points on the arc.
Steps for making curved stairs.
The classic step for beginning a stairway.
Contact a knowledgeable and friendly sales representative and let them know you are interested in curved stair treads.
The first step for a stairway should be a starting step or a curved stair tread that has a volute on top of it.
Armed with the templates he builds the form to laminate the riser makes the curved tread and installs both riser and tread at the bottom of the existing stair framing.
Our standard curved stair treads are 1 thick but if you have spiral steps or other custom requirements treads can be made up to 2 thickness.