So while you can use hardwood flooring to piece together stair treads the overwhelming benefits of solid stair treads cannot be overstated.
Making stair treads from hardwood flooring.
In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.
Stair treads are available in all domestic species such as red oak maple and hickory and can also be ordered in the exotics.
While the domestic treads will start at 30 or so longer length returns and prefinished will run the price up.
This is very important because stains can look very different on different types of wood.
If you are paying a contractor to do the job expect to pay 100 150.
If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood.
Cost to put hardwood flooring on stairs.
So we made sure and order white oak stair treads.
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
Wooden stair treads average cost.
The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.
The average flight of stairs is 10 to 12 steps.
This means that not only are solid treads more visibly attractive but there is not a joint at the worst possible place where the nosing overhangs and is constantly under pressure and stress.
Adding treads to a flight of stairs would cost 1 600 to 1 920 with labor.
The first step to matching stair treads to prefinished flooring is using the same species of wood.
It is a beautiful european white oak.
Wood treads and risers are typically installed by a stair specialist not the company installing the flooring although some high end wood flooring contractors also handle stairs.
Nothing finishes a room off better than complementing your hardwood flooring with a beautiful hardwood staircase.
For example in our new house we are using sea smoke from adm flooring.