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: Loc...

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 ...

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.

This was way easier than I ...

Natural wood always has color variation. Even after stain is applied each piece can look slightly different. Also, have you ever noticed how your T.V., computer, or phone screen can all look a little ...

    

Custom Color Matched Stairs and Custom Stain Program for Stair Parts

Stair-treads.com is the only manufacturer that offers custom stained prefinished stair treads in job-lot quantities. With our c...

White Oak is currently THE most desirable and durable of wood species on the market and one of the most popular for custom millwork. It used to be the most valuable species of wood in America, and now...

10 REASONS TO ORDER OUR SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS FOR YOUR REMODEL OR NEW CONSTRUCTION TODAY

1. Remodeling your home increases its' value, which has many benefits. Your staircase is the central focal point o...

ORDERING RETRO RISERS WITH YOUR NEW RETRO TREADS

 RETRO TREADS ARE A GREAT WAY TO COVER YOUR OLD STAIRS FAST WITHOUT THE HASSEL OF HAVING TO DECONTSTRUCT YOUR STAIRCASE AND BUILD IT BACK UP FROM SCRATC...

CUSTOM EUROPEAN FINISH

HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW FRENCH OAK/ EUROPEAN OAK TREND?  

WE NOW OFFER THIS ATTRACTIVE OPTION!!!

We now offer a custom wire brush finish, giving your treads an elegant, textured lo...

ARE THE KNOTS GETTING BIGGER IN MY KNOTTY WOOD SPECIES?

NO!!! Occasionally after a customer purchases a knotty wood species, they will notice what looks like the knots appear to be larger and protrude...

IS THE ALUMINUM OXIDE IN YOUR FINISH SAFE???

 YES!!! It is safe enough to use in every day make up because it doesn’t penetrate skin, and yet is one of the hardest and most durable substances in existe...

ALLERGY SUFFERERS!!!

 CARPET = ALLERGIES

Replace your carpet with hardwood!

Carpet holds over 100X more allergens than hardwood that can be kicked up into air circulation with the slightest movement.

Alle...

What have I learned in my first two months at Stair-treads.com/ Coastal Carolina Wood Products? For starters I had no clue that each step in my stair case can and probably will vary slightly, or that ...

We were recently asked the following question from a previous customer:

From time to time, we're asked a variation of the following question:

Quite often, we are asked what saw blades to use when cutting prefinished stair treads to achieve the best cut.  Proper saw blade selection, along with a few basic cutting techniques will save a lot o...

So you've finally got everything finished and ready for installation and you've bought our recommended glue. So is there a recommended fastener type and pattern to be used for mechanical fasteners (na...

From time to time, we hear a variation of this question: I want to put wood treads on my stairs leading to the basement. I heard wood is slippery. Is it? Which type would you recommend? I was wonderin...

A lot of customers ask us how our stairs hold up to canine traffic? One customer asked about his 2 Labradors that like to run up and down the stairs.

To answer this question: our treads are solid wood,...

There is a quick and simple way to give your new stair installation a polished and complete look. Installing a handrail system and balusters in your home can be a difficult and time consuming task, bu...

Sometimes you learn a thing or two just by hanging out with an ol' timer (or in this case, a third generation master flooring installer on a recent retro tread installation).

Earlier in the week I was ...

Here are some profiles of handrail and newel post configurations. Depending on the staircase will determine which parts and pieces you need whether it be post to post, or over the post. Here is a link...

Hi Stair-Treads.com-

I'm wondering how durable a wooden stair step is compared to the carpet we have now. We have two kids - one who rolls a rolling backup up the stairs every day - the carpet is horr...

After receiving your product we HIGHLY suggest you inspect the product carefully for shipping damage or any imperfections. The sooner you let us know about the damage the sooner we can assist in getti...

All wood changes color over time depending on its environment, exposure to sunlight, and other factors, but sunlight has the biggest influence on wood - especially exotic wood species like Brazilian C...

"Can solid wood treads be installed over existing concrete steps?" - It's rare that a day goes by and we're not asked this question, and the answer is more a choice of words... "can" they, or "should"...