Recent content by andyryan23

Ive been looking at a lot of wood glues and they all seem to claim to "form a bond stronger than the wood itself" even standard PVA. Does this mean what it sounds like? and if so aren't they all suitable to fix my treads to battens as essentially the battens and tread would just perform as a...

so back to the question....can anyone point me to a super strong wood glue that will hold my tread to my battens?

no, he's a kind boss and wants me to have the best stairs possible.

alright mate im not retarded. Im at work when asking these questions. DIY time's for the evening and weekends...so im not wasting any time. Thanks for such a useful response though. (which one of these smiley faces lets you know im being sarcastic? maybe this one :wink: )

Thanks for the advice. It seems like the feeling is to screw the battens to the wood and then either screw the boards to the battens (with hidden fixing) or glue but with specialist wood glue. Could you provide a link to such a glue so i know what i am dealing with? One more question...

thanks John. Thats the ideal scenario i know but i have 4 battens per step and 14 steps...thats 64 holes to drill before i even get to fixing the oak treads. Then i would probably need at least 2- 4 screws to drill per step and then plug after and the scale of the task seems immense...

Hi, New user here. I am resurfacing my stairs with some lovely oak boards. The original stairs are concrete and i am fixing 12mm battens to this to allow a space for noise insulation/underlay and then fixing the oak boards to the battens. I was told that i could use glue for this...