Hello,
our staircase is an old thing made of wood, and each step has a small recess where some kind of padded plastic/rubber sheet has been glued. I would like to get rid of these sheets. Since they are glued, it will probably look quite dreadful when you remove them. It is really a small recess, barely a millimeter. The question is whether it would be possible to cut wood of some kind (parquet?) and replace the sheets with it?
The alternative would be to tear off the sheets and try to tidy up underneath, but the question is how to go about it. I assume you would need to sand quite a bit to remove adhesive residues and the like, but the question is how to make it even and nice.
Do you have any wise ideas?
our staircase is an old thing made of wood, and each step has a small recess where some kind of padded plastic/rubber sheet has been glued. I would like to get rid of these sheets. Since they are glued, it will probably look quite dreadful when you remove them. It is really a small recess, barely a millimeter. The question is whether it would be possible to cut wood of some kind (parquet?) and replace the sheets with it?
The alternative would be to tear off the sheets and try to tidy up underneath, but the question is how to go about it. I assume you would need to sand quite a bit to remove adhesive residues and the like, but the question is how to make it even and nice.
Do you have any wise ideas?
Remove/scrape off the existing vinyl flooring. By hand or with a floor stripper.
Of course, you can install wood or parquet in the staircase.
However, consider why it wasn't done when they installed the parquet on the upper floor. There are few places where wall-to-wall carpet, like needle felt, is a good thing in a modern home. Stair steps are one, perhaps the only one. It's soft to walk on, dampens sound, and provides good grip so you don't slip.
Vinyl flooring similar to what's already there is probably a sensible compromise.
Of course, you can install wood or parquet in the staircase.
However, consider why it wasn't done when they installed the parquet on the upper floor. There are few places where wall-to-wall carpet, like needle felt, is a good thing in a modern home. Stair steps are one, perhaps the only one. It's soft to walk on, dampens sound, and provides good grip so you don't slip.
Vinyl flooring similar to what's already there is probably a sensible compromise.
Now we're checking out trappbutiken.se - does anyone have experience with them?
What I can't figure out is how the steps will look when they arrive. You don't get to specify exact measurements for the curved steps, only specify max depth and width (or "length" as they call it) for each step. Do you have to cut them correctly when they arrive?
Then they write that each double step is enough for two steps. Again, one wonders what it looks like when it arrives at home - cut it yourself or?
A staircase renovation is actually very low priority, but we're still looking at ordering both steps and replacing the railing with something in the same material. Trying to find options that still involve real wood, and found decent steps and backstep list from Lundbergs, but they don't have a matching railing. It seems like it's only Trappbutiken that offers both railings and steps in the same material. We're looking at a solution in ash - we would prefer the light oak, but when I calculate on 13 steps and railing with fittings, it comes to almost 43,000 SEK. Ash would cost closer to 24,000. However, I'm wavering between ordering solid oiled ash or untreated.
Yes, some questions I'd really appreciate input on. If anyone has experience with Trappbutiken, I'd love to hear.
What I can't figure out is how the steps will look when they arrive. You don't get to specify exact measurements for the curved steps, only specify max depth and width (or "length" as they call it) for each step. Do you have to cut them correctly when they arrive?
Then they write that each double step is enough for two steps. Again, one wonders what it looks like when it arrives at home - cut it yourself or?
A staircase renovation is actually very low priority, but we're still looking at ordering both steps and replacing the railing with something in the same material. Trying to find options that still involve real wood, and found decent steps and backstep list from Lundbergs, but they don't have a matching railing. It seems like it's only Trappbutiken that offers both railings and steps in the same material. We're looking at a solution in ash - we would prefer the light oak, but when I calculate on 13 steps and railing with fittings, it comes to almost 43,000 SEK. Ash would cost closer to 24,000. However, I'm wavering between ordering solid oiled ash or untreated.
Yes, some questions I'd really appreciate input on. If anyone has experience with Trappbutiken, I'd love to hear.
But if you are reasonably handy, you can borrow/buy/rent a plunge saw and fix it. There might be circular saws that provide sufficiently fine cuts and precision, but I haven't seen or succeeded with any myself.
The challenge is probably mainly measuring and getting the angles right. There are tools for that, but I would personally expect quite a bit of waste, as I know myself all too well.
The challenge is probably mainly measuring and getting the angles right. There are tools for that, but I would personally expect quite a bit of waste, as I know myself all too well.
The measurement itself seems quite easy with a staircase gauge at hand.
Ok. On the plus side, it seems like on one hand you only need half as many steps as I thought, possibly with the exception of the angled steps. The downside is that it definitely doesn't take a maximum of 2 days to install them after delivery as Trappbutiken describes. And Lundbergs apparently wasn't so cheap then, rather more expensive than Trappbutiken.
Ok. On the plus side, it seems like on one hand you only need half as many steps as I thought, possibly with the exception of the angled steps. The downside is that it definitely doesn't take a maximum of 2 days to install them after delivery as Trappbutiken describes. And Lundbergs apparently wasn't so cheap then, rather more expensive than Trappbutiken.