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Could it be: http://www.stepkit.com/ :-/
Could it be: http://www.stepkit.com/ :-/I considered using Stepkit for a staircase I wanted to spruce up, but due to the staircase's dimensions (too wide and sometimes too deep steps), it would have been too expensive to buy Stepkit. I used parquet of the oiled oak plank model and milled and oiled my own stair nosings instead. The cost for materials and about 3 days of work ended up being a few thousand kronor less than it would have been with Stepkit, despite significantly more fiddling.
Their "step gauge" is simple but clever. I haven't seen it in real life but tried to make my own from strips of hardboard with grooves and a locking mechanism with a small bolt, washers, and a wing nut. However, it was too wobbly.
It also worked well to use a try square, folding ruler, and bevel gauge—though it involves a heck of a lot of measuring for an entire staircase!
I glued the parquet on the steps so that the tongue stuck out at the front and milled/sawed a corresponding groove at the right height on the stair nosing. Then it was "just" a matter of stacking pieces, gluing, and tapping with the rubber mallet!
Their "step gauge" is simple but clever. I haven't seen it in real life but tried to make my own from strips of hardboard with grooves and a locking mechanism with a small bolt, washers, and a wing nut. However, it was too wobbly.
It also worked well to use a try square, folding ruler, and bevel gauge—though it involves a heck of a lot of measuring for an entire staircase!
I glued the parquet on the steps so that the tongue stuck out at the front and milled/sawed a corresponding groove at the right height on the stair nosing. Then it was "just" a matter of stacking pieces, gluing, and tapping with the rubber mallet!
I was thinking of doing a similar job with my basement stairs.
But I'll just buy the "stair compass," laminate flooring from Hornbach or similar.
For the stair nose, I was thinking of using a brass strip (angle) with grooves on top to provide slip resistance! I believe this won't cost an arm and a leg either....
But I'll just buy the "stair compass," laminate flooring from Hornbach or similar.
For the stair nose, I was thinking of using a brass strip (angle) with grooves on top to provide slip resistance! I believe this won't cost an arm and a leg either....
I used 15 mm oiled oak parquet (plank) which I glued together and into the stair nosing with wood glue. I glued to the tread and riser with PL400 because "my" staircase was old, worn, and a bit uneven, and I wanted a glue that allows for a bit of building. In some places, I also secured the pieces with brads, but only where it would later be concealed by other pieces. For the stair nosing, I used 15 x 69 mm planed oak. This staircase originally had quite high stair nosings, so it was necessary to use sufficiently wide oak pieces to cover the old nosing + the 15 mm thickness of the parquet. It would probably have looked nicer with 15 x 45, if it had covered, but it all blended together quite well once the moldings were oiled.
Unfortunately. I will take pictures of it, but it will take until spring when I am going to make an extension to the house. In this thread, however, elof has posted a sketch of what I mean: http://www.byggahus.se/forum/showthread.php?t=51986
