I thought I might inspire with some pictures of my staircase renovation. It was a renovation with cheap materials, but quite a bit of work before it was finished.
The background is that previous owners covered the entire staircase with linoleum and rubber stair noses. The staircase was previously very worn, so they patched the worn areas with masonite and the original stair nose was planed down to a simple rounding. The house is from 1907 and I wanted something that fits the style. I'm not into the building difficulty as everything has been over-renovated, but I try to get a style that matches the era.
Staircase with the first step without carpet
Made stair noses from pine. Considered harder woods but it became too expensive. Routed them with a router
The choice was to use veneer flooring for the steps. Used a stair compass from Stepkit and a plunge saw to make the steps.
The old stair nose was cut off and the new ones glued and screwed in place. Then I glued both tread and riser. The riser goes under the nose, so fitting was quite simple
I thought of running electricity to a new outlet under the window in the staircase. Of course, I managed to hit an electrical conduit behind the stringer when I drilled, so I had to open the wall and run a new feed down through the basement...
Painted every other step so you could get up and down to the upper floor.
Haha, yes I hesitated a lot on the choice of materials. I was considering ektilja and nos in oak to begin with, but since it was going to be painted it felt unnecessary.
Glad you think it turned out well!
"Painted every other step so you could go up and down to the upper floor."
It's a clever solution when you paint the first steps, - but how do you see in the second round which steps you can step on? Painter's tape, like "step here"?
