Now, I don't know if I'm placing this topic in the right spot, but here we go.
We recently bought my partner's parental home and started putting our own mark on the house that was built in '52. The ground floor is basically finished (with a small budget, some plans have to wait until later), but to the point.
We have a curved staircase leading up to the upper floor, surrounded by walls, a window high above floor level towards the outer wall but otherwise very limited light entry.
The "front" of the steps are beautifully dark wood under the poor white paint that I've scraped off, the tread surface is adorned with a pink-purple-white-gray speckled plastic mat.
When I saw the wood that was under the paint, I was overjoyed and started in my naivety to dream of a rustic wooden staircase with the high walls covered with white-beige wallpaper, but I was disappointed.
Under the plastic mat, there are particle boards or something similar.
Is it at all possible that there is wood hiding under the particle boards, or do we simply have to find another solution?
We recently bought my partner's parental home and started putting our own mark on the house that was built in '52. The ground floor is basically finished (with a small budget, some plans have to wait until later), but to the point.
We have a curved staircase leading up to the upper floor, surrounded by walls, a window high above floor level towards the outer wall but otherwise very limited light entry.
The "front" of the steps are beautifully dark wood under the poor white paint that I've scraped off, the tread surface is adorned with a pink-purple-white-gray speckled plastic mat.
When I saw the wood that was under the paint, I was overjoyed and started in my naivety to dream of a rustic wooden staircase with the high walls covered with white-beige wallpaper, but I was disappointed.
Under the plastic mat, there are particle boards or something similar.
Is it at all possible that there is wood hiding under the particle boards, or do we simply have to find another solution?
I find it hard to believe that steps made solely of particle board hold, so something that supports should be underneath. Isn't it easiest to remove the particle board and see what's underneath?
I'll see if I dare to try! 
. I have small children and small cats in the house and it's a struggle to keep them away from the stairs! .
If I remove the chipboard, then there's a risk that I'll need to build a new step from scratch if, against all odds, there isn't anything underneath, right?
Thanks for the answer!
. I have small children and small cats in the house and it's a struggle to keep them away from the stairs! .If I remove the chipboard, then there's a risk that I'll need to build a new step from scratch if, against all odds, there isn't anything underneath, right?
Thanks for the answer!
