Hello!
I'm in the process of replacing a staircase at home up to the recently renovated attic. A frame of studs is in place and it has been covered in a layer of 12mm construction plywood.
The next step is to add another layer of finer pine plywood (B/X, 12mm). This layer will be treated with hard wax oil. Now my question: how can you prevent the plywood from splintering where you walk? The idea is that the sideboard on each step (riser) will cover the treads, see attached image:
Can the edge be sealed in some way? Or should I reconsider and make the treads 25-30mm shallower and place a strip along the edge of each step?
I'm also attaching a bonus picture of the construction so far.
Can you not chamfer the edges so you don't expose the edges?
Otherwise, it spontaneously feels like it would be smarter to turn the whole thing around? That is, let the plansteg cover the sättsteg?
Thanks for all the responses! Mitre cutting is fun, everyone try and see how it turns out.
The idea is that the staircase should become like a large piece of furniture, hence the choice of hard wax oil. However, it won't be enough for the steps themselves, I will probably need to lacquer or something to prevent a gray trail from all the summer-dirty children's feet. Do you have any good suggestions for protecting the steps? A plastic mat doesn't feel relevant this time.
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