What To Do If Stair Treads Don T Match Hardwood Floors

Don t put dark cabinets against dark walls nor white against white.

What to do if stair treads don t match hardwood floors. We said from the beginning we wanted the floor and stairs to match. The first step to matching stair treads to prefinished flooring is using the same species of wood. Stairs don t have to match floors. I would remove the carpet from the stairs and pay the rather hefty price of having hickory hardwood stained to match the floor main floor.

I m at a loss. And any ideas about what we should go for with the stair treads. Also treads are made from a high grade of wood so the color is consistent. Cinar interiors is right.

Now we can talk about the proper way to do stair treads. Choose premade stair treads. Reduce the windshield time and call backs and provide a quality installation. Everything doesn t have to match to get a cohesive look.

Go for a totally different colour laminate. Variety give a comfortable feel. I find the most pleasing scenario is to balance light and dark finishes. Stair treads have the nosing built in so it looks much better and is a lot less wasteful.

Try and match a laminate to the hardwood above. Money spent on the proper tools will save you tenfold on the job site. Buy premade stair treads. It is a beautiful european white oak.

Don t use all one color wood throughout the home. Another solution is to coordinate only one or two stair parts to match your floor exactly. This is the most obvious solution to coordinating your flooring and staircase. For example you could match just your treads and handrail to your flooring and mix with painted balusters and risers.

However if you order a prefinished hardwood floor you probably don t want to have your stair treads prefinished at the same time. This also helps your stain to better match your floor. Stair treads have been the topic of two of our customers questions this week alone so we thought it would be a good idea to address this major stair component. This helps you avoid any additional expenses for repair or replacement.

Nails should always go into the stringer to reduce the risk of splitting the riser and tread. Stair components will take a lot of abuse during the installation process so finishing the stair treads on site is normally ideal. We retained a flooring specialist to both refinish our circular stairs top and basement and remove 2 old red oak floor throughout main floor and install 3 and 1 4 prefinished oak flooring with a very flat satin finish the stairs were carpeted so he installed oak treads and risers. Don t face nail through the tread and into the riser.

Don t do a job without the proper tools. So we made sure and order white oak stair treads. The stair cases don t have to match each other in this case it should be fairly easy but they should match material and colour one of the floors they are touching. Both customers asked whether or not they could use their hardwood flooring on their stairway as treads which is a question we are commonly asked.