Wood type for stairs?

[Kallebo]

Considering what material to build the stairs from. It's a stairway between two floors in a single-family house. The design is ready, but which wood should be used?

Most of the stairs I've come across have been made of pine, and looking at hardness tables, pine is only marginally harder than spruce. According to the staircase company, neither material is suitable for stairs...

Perhaps I can get Lärk at a reasonable price. How is it to build a staircase from?

Why wouldn't you want to build a staircase from spruce? Common well-chosen structural timber could have been planed and used for most things...?

 

[Immobil]

Pine works well.
Spruce is knotty.
Larch is best suited for outdoor use.

 

[sinuslinus]

Pine of furniture quality is significantly harder than the fast-growing spruce used in construction lumber. Additionally, the studs are not.

There are many stairs built in pine, but if you want something harder and a different appearance, oak is common as well.

There is ready-made glued wood (30 mm) available for purchase that usually fits the dimensions for the tread steps.

 

[Kallebo]

I don't have any specific requirements for appearance. Planning to either cover the stairs with some carpet or paint them white. I studied the stairs at my parents' place during the Father's Day dinner tonight, and their pine stairs have quite a few ugly knots.

Glue-laminated board was a good tip!

I don't mind that the wood is soft (on the contrary, much easier to work with), but it should not flex or creak.

 

[yonna]

Spruce is knotty.

Oh well. My spruce staircase is the smoothest imaginable after ten years. Also easy to maintain; floor soap a couple of times per year, otherwise just washed/wiped with clean water. But it is important to invest in high-quality spruce.

 

[Johan Gunverth]

Laminated wood for stairs is usually called "step block" and does not have finger joints. I don't know if it's due to strength or appearance.
http://www.fredricsons.com/sv/limfog

 

[pjodden]

I built a staircase in the previous house and used glulam beam for the stringer, glulam board in oak for the treads, and then plywood for the risers. The treads were oiled and the rest was painted white.

Image available on the website: www.madebymagnus.com

 

[Kallebo]

Nice! With stair timber, you avoid the hassle of planing the steps, but it probably won't be cheaper...

By high-quality spruce staircase, do you mean higher quality than the finest boards at the lumber yard?

 

[yonna]

The carriage pieces and electric lighting are hidden by the side panels, which also function as handrails. The little ones enjoy playing on the staircase.

 

[Christian Ek]

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Carriages and electric lighting are hidden by the side panels, which also serve as handrails. The little ones like to play on the stairs.

Nice!
Have you oiled or anything to preserve the wood?

 

[yonna]

Only soap scrubbing, both the steps and sides. Looks the same even after 15 years. Additionally, heavy dogs run up and down - dogs with terrible claws that leave marks. These marks disappear when you wet a little extra.