Replacement Stair Treads
Replacement
stair treads are used to repair, fix or spruce up any staircase.
Replacement stair treads can also be used if you're having some type of
safety issues with your stairway.
However, you should keep one thing in
mind, some treads are going to be easier to remove and replace and
others. Examine the stairway and your options, before you order any
replacement treads, risers or other stair parts.
Before you get excited and start ripping out your stair
treads, make sure that you can actually replace them. Some stairways are
built with closed stair stringers and the stair treads and risers would
need to be removed from underneath the stairway.
Just because a stair tread looks like you can hit the edge of the stair
nosing, in an upward direction and knock it off, doesn't mean that this
is always going to be the case.
Stair Tread Replacement Tip
If you have a digital camera, take a picture of the entire stairway at
different angles, before you start the demolition. After you have taken
enough pictures (at least 20) you can start to remove the existing stair
treads.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to take a picture of each one of the stair
treads, in the area that you remove them from and mark the bottom of
them. For example, the bottom stair tread could say bottom, with the
number one. The next stair tread up, from the bottom could be marked
with a number two and so on.
If you know what you're doing, you won't need the camera, but these
pictures could come in handy, especially if you forget, how a certain
part of the stairway was assembled. Trust me, these pictures could make
all the difference in the world, when it's finally time to quit your
stairway back together.
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