Hello,
I've recently bought an attic flat. I have a small hall just in the front door, then a staircase up to the flat with a larger hall at the top that all the rooms come off.
Everything is currently carpeted and I've bought engineered wood boards that I'd like to lay in both halls to replace the carpets, the floor underneath is concrete. I was originally thinking of laying the engineered board on the stairs too but it's going to be quite a bit of expense involved what with all the flooring, stair nosing etc. I'm not entirely sure it would look that good anyway as I'd probably have to lose my bullnose on the treads leaving a square profile staircase with not very deep treads.
I've been thinking about it and come up with a possible solution that I think MAY work but you may be able to help me with anything I've missed.
Esentially just cladding the existing staircase with new oak treads...
If I trim off the existing bullnose from the cheap timber treads Is it possible to get new oak treads (that match the engineered flooring as much as possible) with a bullnose and fit these over the existing treads? I'd also cut and fit new risers in ply or something at the same time and just paint them white leaving just the treads in oak then finish them to match the satin laquered engineered boards at the top and bottom of the stairs?
I'd need 14 oak treads at about 90cm length, 25(ish)cm depth and say 1 inch thick... would obviously need to have a bullnose finish on one side... do you think this would be hugely expensive to get from a timber merchant?
Seems pretty straight forward but I may be missing something completely?
Thanks in advance!
I've recently bought an attic flat. I have a small hall just in the front door, then a staircase up to the flat with a larger hall at the top that all the rooms come off.
Everything is currently carpeted and I've bought engineered wood boards that I'd like to lay in both halls to replace the carpets, the floor underneath is concrete. I was originally thinking of laying the engineered board on the stairs too but it's going to be quite a bit of expense involved what with all the flooring, stair nosing etc. I'm not entirely sure it would look that good anyway as I'd probably have to lose my bullnose on the treads leaving a square profile staircase with not very deep treads.
I've been thinking about it and come up with a possible solution that I think MAY work but you may be able to help me with anything I've missed.
Esentially just cladding the existing staircase with new oak treads...
If I trim off the existing bullnose from the cheap timber treads Is it possible to get new oak treads (that match the engineered flooring as much as possible) with a bullnose and fit these over the existing treads? I'd also cut and fit new risers in ply or something at the same time and just paint them white leaving just the treads in oak then finish them to match the satin laquered engineered boards at the top and bottom of the stairs?
I'd need 14 oak treads at about 90cm length, 25(ish)cm depth and say 1 inch thick... would obviously need to have a bullnose finish on one side... do you think this would be hugely expensive to get from a timber merchant?
Seems pretty straight forward but I may be missing something completely?
Thanks in advance!