Josh McGrath

When choosing materials for your home, particularly for flooring and stair treads, the type of wood you select can significantly impact the aesthetic appeal and durability of your space. Among the various options of wood, the two most popular choices are Red Oak and White.

Thinking about using LVP stair treads to replace your carpeted stairs? Here is why you shouldn’t. We get it, they can be very budget friendly at first. However, in the long run are they that much cheaper than going with solid hardwood treads? Short answer is NO.

Hapwood® by Howell flooring installations must conform to all local building codes. Howell recommends that the installation comply with guidelines below and with the current NWFA Installation Guidelines. Any discrepancies, Howell guidelines supersede.

Hello everyone, welcome back to the third and final phase! Let's get right down to it!

Step one: get materials together:

To start this phase, I first made sure I had all of my materials ready to go: Loctite PLPremium adhesive, finishing nail gun, 16 and 18 guage finishing nals, and of course, our prepped materials as follows: My cut, sanded, stained, and poly'd  treads, nosing's (landing treads) cove moulding, and flooring (tongue and groove flooring). Also my cut, sanded, and painted risers.

Hello again! Welcome to Phase 2 of Installing My Stairs….

While waiting on my treads to cure, I started looking into what I wanted to do with my pre-primed white risers to make them more beautiful and make them stand out. After a lot of poking around at different ideas from the internet I decided to create a “gradient” look, that is, to start with one darker color of paint on the bottom riser and lighten it up each step until the top riser is nearly white. Here's how I did it...

Hello everyone, my name is Amanda. I am remodeling my stair case and wanted to share my journey, lets start at the begiining....

Phase One:

Step One:

Remove carpet from stairs.

Natural wood always has color variation. Even after stain is applied each piece can look slightly different. Also, have you ever noticed how your T.V., computer, or phone screen can all look a little different in color and definition than someone else's, or even compared to each other? Sometime a picture can't do the actual product justice.

Custom Color Matched Stairs and Custom Stain Program for Stair Parts

Woodstairco.com is the only manufacturer that offers custom stained prefinished stair treads in job-lot quantities. With our color matching program, you no longer need to settle for "close enough." You can have truly custom stained stair treads made with the same service you would expect from an on-site installation crew; the quality of our stock stain colors; and the durability of our Aluminum Oxide finish.

White Oak is currently THE most desirable and durable of wood species on the market and one of the most popular for custom millwork. It used to be the most valuable species of wood in America, and now because of its wide distrobution is one of the most economical. Here are a few reasons White oak is flying off of our shelves:

10 REASONS TO ORDER OUR SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS FOR YOUR REMODEL OR NEW CONSTRUCTION TODAY

1. Remodeling your home increases its' value, which has many benefits. Your staircase is the central focal point of your home, yet can be one of the home's LEAST COSTLY parts of it to remodel.