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Regarding home safety, staircases are often overlooked despite being a common source of accidents. Slippery stairs can pose serious risks, especially for children, elderly family members, and pets. Installing non-slip stair treads is an effective solution to minimize these hazards.

When remodeling your stairs-, choosing the right stair treads, landing treads, and risers is essential for functionality and aesthetics. Stair tread remodeling packages offer a convenient solution, providing all the necessary components in a single bundle. These packages typically include high-quality stair treads, risers, and landing treads, ensuring a seamless look and consistent materials throughout your staircase. Whether tackling a DIY home project or managing a commercial space, stair tread remodeling packages make the selection process easier, saving time and effort by offering coordinated materials for a polished, professional finish.

When choosing oak stair treads for your home, deciding between pre-finished and unfinished options is crucial. Both are advantageous, depending on your specific needs and preferences. Pre-finished oak stair treads come ready to install, saving time and effort, while unfinished treads offer the flexibility to customize the finish to match your existing décor. Thorough knowledge of the differences between these two options lets you make an informed decision, ensuring your staircase is functional and visually appealing. This guide teaches us all about the benefits and considerations of pre-finished and unfinished oak stair treads.

When choosing materials for your home, particularly for flooring and stair treads, the type of wood you select can significantly impact the aesthetic appeal and durability of your space. Among the various options of wood, the two most popular choices are Red Oak and White. Let’s look into the differences between Red Oak and White Oak and help you identify the ideal material for your stair treads and flooring needs.

Thinking about using LVP stair treads to replace your carpeted stairs? Here is why you shouldn’t. We get it, they can be very budget friendly at first. However, in the long run are they that much cheaper than going with solid hardwood treads? Short answer is NO.

We have replaced many stairs throughout our time, a lot lately have been LVP fails. Most of our customers have told us they decided on vinyl treads because they match their floors.

Hapwood® by Howell flooring installations must conform to all local building codes. Howell recommends that the installation comply with guidelines below and with the current NWFA Installation Guidelines. Any discrepancies, Howell guidelines supersede.

Hello everyone, welcome back to the third and final phase! Let's get right down to it!

Step one: get materials together:

To start this phase, I first made sure I had all of my materials ready to go: Loctite PLPremium adhesive, finishing nail gun, 16 and 18 guage finishing nals, and of course, our prepped materials as follows: My cut, sanded, stained, and poly'd  treads, nosing's (landing treads) cove moulding, and flooring (tongue and groove flooring). Also my cut, sanded, and painted risers.

Hello again! Welcome to Phase 2 of Installing My Stairs….

While waiting on my treads to cure, I started looking into what I wanted to do with my pre-primed white risers to make them more beautiful and make them stand out. After a lot of poking around at different ideas from the internet I decided to create a “gradient” look, that is, to start with one darker color of paint on the bottom riser and lighten it up each step until the top riser is nearly white. Here's how I did it...

Hello everyone, my name is Amanda. I am remodeling my stair case and wanted to share my journey, lets start at the begiining....

Phase One:

Step One:

Remove carpet from stairs.