Before you start, measure the tread’s thickness and length, and get a replacement piece ... it from the nails that hold it to the stair risers. These are the framing pieces that support the ...

To understand stairs, let’s talk about floors. Like many Americans, you might live in a home with a wood-floor system.

You can replace just about every aspect of your existing stairs—treads, risers, railings—without triggering the need for a code-compliant replacement, as long as you retain their original ...

Trouble often starts on the horizontal treads, where constant foot traffic wears off the varnish topcoat, exposing bare wood. Next, the vertical risers often get battered and bruised from being ...

Here are some of our favourite stair/seating configurations (+ slideshow). Evernote by Studio O+A Steps with deep treads and high risers are incorporated into traditional staircases, often to one ...