Help repairing/replacing stair case steps

[Zehroni]

The first stair case steps are rotten and loos see attached pic. They make a lot of noise when going up or down stairs. I have used brackets to reduce the impact of nose.

Any idea of a better solution?

Can those steps be replaced, if so how?

 

[foxhole]

You need a new nose , on the stairs that is.

 

[mrrusty]

The treads and risers need replacing. You need access underneath. It's DIYable (I've rebuilt our own staircase) - the timber is fairly inexpensive but needs to be installed correctly with wedges, or find a decent old-school chippy

 

[chirpychippy]

At the very minimum you need to access the underneath of the staircase, you cannot repair a staircase from above.

Understanding how a staircase is made helps you repair it.
There are treads these are the steps you stand on then there are risers, the risers lock into a rebate on the underside of the tread about 20mm back from the front of the tread.

The riser is locked into the rebate with glued triangular blocks normally three per tread, the bottom of the riser is glued and screwed into the back of the tread below.

The tread itself is housed into the rebated stringers left and right, softwood timber wedges glued up are tapped "hammered" into the gap on the underside of tread and the top of the rebate, locking the tread in place, wedges also fit behind the rises at the stringer to lock them in vertically.

The risers prevent the treads flexing under load.

Google staircase parts and look at images to find the underside image of a staircase.

You may be able to buy replacement treads and risers from Stairbox or such like.

 

[Zehroni]

You may be able to buy replacement treads and risers from Stairbox or such like.

many thanks for taking the time to help. Is there a place close to Swindon I can buy the treads and risers?

 

[chirpychippy]

many thanks for taking the time to help. Is there a place close to Swindon I can buy the treads and risers?

No idea tbh.

The alternative route is to measure your treads, thickness, depth, length and depth of nosing and asked a local timber yard to run out new ones for you.

The risers are normally 12mm ply.