3/8" Flooring Installation Guidelines

(Courtesy of Howell Hardwood Flooring)

Introduction

Hapwood® by Howell flooring installations must conform to all local building codes. Howell recommends that the in...

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...

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...

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

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...

So you're replacing carpeted stairs with wood treads and just really aren't sure what to do about that switchback in your staircase. You really like the retro tread products as they create a more unif...

Here's a variation of one of the most common statements / questions we get:

I would like hard wood treads on my now carpeted stairs. Currently there is wood on both sides of the tread that the banister...

From time to time, we're to make a landing tread wider than 5-1/4". These requests can range anywhere from someone needing a 6" wide landing tread all the way to a 10" wide landing tread.  Regardless ...

If you have a wide landing on your staircase,Stair-Treads.com offers landing panels that can be used to fill in larger landings on a staircase.By using a landing tread on the nosing of the landing and...

Dealing with an oversided or awkardly shaped step can be difficult but fortunately Stair-Treads.com offers a valuable solution. By using landing treads and panels you can retro fit oversized and awkwa...

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 ...

Before placing your order we always recommend ordering a sample or sample pack. Some of our customers are looking for matching stair parts while others are starting fresh. The sample/ sample pack will...

Our customers often ask us about a solution for covering the holes left by finish nails in stair treads after installation. Here is a quick look at how you can easily fill any nail holes left after yo...

Local Terminal Pick Up

Stair-Treads.com ships stock items FedEx Home Delivery but what about the shipping cost for items that aren’t stock, or over 8 ft long?

Residential Delivery is convenient since...

Easy Solutions to Common Problems

1. White Powder on Surface of Treads:

The white powdery appearance on the surface of our treads is a common issue. What you see is a fine dust that gets lodged in the g...