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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Well I haven't had any major projects this year other than some painting. Wife wants our hallway going upstairs and upstairs painted. Looking for ideas to improve the trim work. Also any help with the stairs? Maybe go wood, any kits out there? Would need some sort of anti skid for the kids (rug or something)

 

Here is what I am working with

 

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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Go with a composite that looks and has the texture of wood.

sahls01gmc Senior Enthusiast

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They do make Hardwood treads that you just have to cut and install. They already have the bullnose attached, so it's an easy install as far as that goes. The risers can be easily done as well, just get the same wood and it will match after staining. As far as anti-skid, there's not many options out there that would look "good". After the initial shock of the new steps wears off, your kids (and you) won't have problems slipping and sliding on them. Keeping them looking clean is always a task, I notice you do have hardwood in other areas of your house.

 

The skirt will be a much bigger project. I'd contract that one out if it were me. They can do it in a day, and make it look fantastic. I'd struggle to get the angles correct and end up using multiple pieces.....which wouldn't look near as good. Then again, I'm no engineer. :P

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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I am not worried about the trim work more so on what types of trim to use

 

 

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sahls01gmc Senior Enthusiast

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After looking at the skirt more, it looks like it is a simple 1x12 (or something close) with a simple 3/4'' cove moulding on top. If that's the case, you can remove the cove and maybe install a fancier base moulding that is taller and the same thickness as your skirt board. If the base moulding doesn't have the same thickness, add whatever thickness material behind it to make it blend. That would look pretty good IMO.

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My stairs has the base board ran on top of them...42e7a36aa9a5be0d0a61f2935638f82f.jpg i know its hard to see being white on white on white!

 

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Well, it's a little tough to see what you actually have there as the skirt looks thicker than the cove. Normally, the cove would be 3/4" and would be pretty much flush with the skirt. Somehow your skirt seems thicker. In any case, going with wood steps and riser would look good and wouldn't be too tough to accomplish. If you did that, you would want to make the skirts match and either cover or replace them with matching wood.

Species of wood would be your choice depending on desired color and remember, someone will have to stain and finish them. The steps could be had in about any species with oak probably being more readily available or "in stock" at more retailers.

IMO, the best method would be to remove the treads and risers. There are methods and parts to cover what you have but I wouldn't recommend any of them. You can however easily cover the risers with matching 1/4" ply but you may need to get the risers off to remove the skirts. The skirts will be a little more challenging but how challenging will be determined after removing the carpet to see how they were installed originally. My guess is that they were not carved around the steps but were installed prior to the treads and risers. With that method they are slid down between the wall and the stair framing (jacks). The only angles you need to cut will be the top and bottom and you can use the old ends for a pattern. If you have room between the wall and jack, you may even be able to add a new 1/4" face to the skirts. Then simply buy or make a new molding for the top....where the cove is now.

I know it seems like a big project but if you have a few carpenter skills and a table saw you can accomplish it.

I always recommend a carpet runner if the homeowners have kids or pets. You won't have kids taking a long slide and you won't have to refinish the treads every five years because of the dogs.

One last note would be to have a look at the thickness of the current treads and compare to the thickness of the available wood treads. A lot of carpeted stairs were built with regular 2x material (1-1/2" thick) but most wood treads will be only 1-1/8" thick. This will change the top and bottom rises.

Oh....another last note...they do make parts for just the ends of the treads. So you basically just add 8" or so on each end and leave the existing treads and risers as the are. This method does make you leave carpet between. It also makes you cut the runs and rises into your new skirt covers. That is not an impossible task as they should all be the same and only have to be cut as close as the thickness of the products used to cover the ends so you do have room for error.

Sorry this got so long winded...good luck,

 

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I am not worried about the kids falling down the stairs by more so myself. Few months ago my wife left some books on the stairs I went down in the dark hit the books and fell on my ass. Thought I broke my ankle. Luckily I survived

 

Thanks for the tips and no I won't be cruising Pinterest

 

Probably go with a golden oak color tread

 

 

 

 

Ryan

crafferty Senior Enthusiast

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I am not worried about the kids falling down the stairs by more so myself. Few months ago my wife left some books on the stairs I went down in the dark hit the books and fell on my ass. Thought I broke my ankle. Luckily I survived

 

Thanks for the tips and no I won't be cruising Pinterest

 

Probably go with a golden oak color tread

 

 

 

 

Ryan

Haha I was just kidding with the crap I posted earlier. Those were the first picture that popped up when I googled.

 

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sahls01gmc Senior Enthusiast

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Did your wife learn her lesson about leaving crap on the stairs?!?

 

My kids have learned that anything left on the stairs immediately gets thrown outside in the middle of the backyard, or into the trash can if I'm really fired up!

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She learned to try harder to kill me I guess lol

 

 

Ryan

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Well made some progress. Tore out the old trim and started painting

 

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So our plan for the trim work is to use 1x3 boards and I am going to router the end to make it unique. We will see how it turns out. Also working on stair treads, going oak with white returns

 

 

Ryan

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