Stair renovation 50s house

[prototypen]

I'm working on it too, the carpet adhesive is the worst, can't sand it off so I heat and scrape it off with a putty knife.

Keep the stair nose and mill it down level with the stairs, a pine nose becomes too soft.

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[justusandersson]

It's difficult to succeed with milling. The milling machine tends to take its own path. Oak is naturally stronger than fur, but I don't agree with saying that fur is too soft, at least not in a private home. I don't think you should mix types of wood in the same plane. Oak stair noses require oak treads. The fact that the risers are fur matters less, but the same wood all the way is best, unless you paint everything in a solid color.

 

[Ysta]

From the pictures, I can't determine if the stairs are both stained and varnished or if it's just the natural yellowing of the pine. You probably can't determine this for sure until you've sanded the stairs. You can stain first before applying the hard wax oil. Such oil is also available pigmented. It's probably best to experiment.

Thank you very much!
I guess I'll have to sand the stair nosings too if I can remove them.

 

[prototypen]

No problem using a router rigged for edge milling, I made my rig out of plywood, but the last bit against the stringer has to be done with a chisel.

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[justusandersson]

It's no problem to mill down with a handheld router rigged for canlist processing, I've made my rig out of form plywood but the last bit towards the vangstycket needs to be done with a chisel.

Can't you show a picture of this? I find my handheld router hopeless.

 

[prototypen]

The plywood covers the next half of the table on the milling machine, and the end of the milling cutter should be level with the plywood.
Everything that is higher than the sheet material is milled away.

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[justusandersson]

So simple and elegant! I will try that.

 

[Elin Samuelsson]

I'm fully engaged in renovating a 50s house.
Now I've reached the staircase.
Wooden stair nosing, but the steps seem to have a glued plastic carpet?

Ideally, we would like a wooden staircase. What do you think is underneath?
Grateful for suggestions on what we can do.

Alternatively, we might paint, but I'm unsure if paint will stick to the glued plastic carpet.

One picture is taken from below (the basement).

Hi!

I'm curious about how you did it and how the result turned out. I'm about to renovate a staircase in a 50s house that looks exactly the same. Would almost think it was my staircase! 😊