Construction Standard Stair Treads
Construction standard treads will be made from home building and framing materials in your area. For example, I live in California and we use Douglas Fir for almost all of our stair framing and construction. On the east coast and throughout different parts of the Midwest, they might use other types of lumber.
Advantages For Using Construction Standard Stair Treads
1. Depending upon the thickness of the material, you could end up with
an extremely strong stair step. For example, a 3 x 12 stair step is
going to be stronger than most of the plywood you can purchase from your
local lumber yard.
2. You can paint or stain this material easily.
Disadvantages For Using Construction Standard Stair Treads
1. Unlike plywood and other engineered lumber, construction standard lumber can warp and twist into a variety of different shapes, making it difficult to use for stair steps.2. Depending upon the type of wood you're getting, it could have a lot of knots. Some knots loosen up over time and fallout, while others can make it difficult to fasten the stairs treads to the stringers.
3. Few engineered lumbers like plywood and oriented strand board, ever crack, however this isn't the case with lumber that hasn't been cut up and glued together. Construction standard stair treads can crack or even split in half, under the right conditions. Extremely dry or wet climates can create problems for any building materials, including construction standard lumber.
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