<sigh>
Finally done with these things, including touch up. They were originally carpeted stairs with standard construction tread and combination skirt/stingers. I got tired of the dock lick, paw dirt, and other stuff, so I decided to put in hardwood treads and riser veneers, but then I realized how shitty the original stairs were and that added to more work. I think total I have around $200 to $300 in materials.
So, I:
Finally done with these things, including touch up. They were originally carpeted stairs with standard construction tread and combination skirt/stingers. I got tired of the dock lick, paw dirt, and other stuff, so I decided to put in hardwood treads and riser veneers, but then I realized how shitty the original stairs were and that added to more work. I think total I have around $200 to $300 in materials.
So, I:
- Demo'd the carpet and did some investigative demo on the existing treads to determine the extent of the framing.
- Made oak treads with a 1-1/2" nosing.
- Made riser veneers out of lauan ply.
- Scribed skirts to cover the gap between the threads and the shitty/cupped stingers.
- Made corner mould to cover the top of the lauan.
- Resurfaced the newels on a lathe, the rails on a shaper and the sole plates on a 36" belt sander. There's a planing mill an hour from my house that is run by a Mennonite family. They have a great selection of wood species for a good price and excellent machinery. For a small fee, I was able to use their machinery to resurface the newels and rails. I could have resurfaced the sole plate at home, but since they had a big belt sander.....
