Transform Your Home: Install White Oak Stair Treads & Risers #HomeImprovement #DIYStairs
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- 0:18–0:37 Install Lower Stair Treads and Risers
From How to Make Oak Stairs Less Slippery, Step 5: Install Anti-Slip Treads or Risers
Beginning with the lowest steps, carefully place each white oak tread and riser into position on the stair frame. For hidden riser board attachment on interior stairs, a common method involves applying a strong construction adhesive (e.g., Titebond Heavy Duty Construction Adhesive) to the back of the riser board and pressing it firmly against the rough stringer or the back of the sub-tread below it. To further secure it, small finish nails can be angled and driven through the top and bottom edges of the riser into the adjacent framing or treads, then countersunk and filled with wood putty that matches the wood stain, rendering them invisible. Alternatively, specialized clips or brackets can be used that attach to the framing and interlock with the riser, allowing it to snap into place without visible fasteners. The goal is to achieve a seamless, clean look as seen in the finished stairs in the video. The treads are also secured with construction adhesive and potentially nails that are either hidden or filled.
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0:01 If you watched the last video, there is a lot left to do on our 13-day countdown to be done. So, this part was actually last night. Vinnie and I kind of started the interior stairs. And these stairs here lead down to the garage, or I guess you can say lead up from the garage to the second floor. So, these are the original stairs that this framers actually installed. Our trim guy installed the skirt board yesterday, and then he started cutting all of the risers and actual treads to size. So, this morning, I started installing the first couple before I got sidetracked. And these are all white oak treads, which is the same company that we use for the floating stairs. So, we had them stained to match the vinyl floor that we have throughout the house as best as they could. And I had just sent them a little sample. So, I was really impressed that they got that close. And I had been waiting to install this last piece of bullnose permanently just to make sure I didn't need to do any modifications with that top step. But now that we have that installed, I'm able to install the bullnose, which then
0:47 allows me to start installing all of the railing on this side of that wood column. And since I'm attaching the cables directly to that column, I wanted to make sure that they were the exact same height as the left side. That way, it would just look like the cables were going straight through. So, I set up my laser and a template just to go ahead and make all those holes. And then I measured out the distance of the post and got those all set up, put some lag bolts in, and then also installed that white oak handrail as well. So, tomorrow I'll be able to run all of the cables through there, and that way this railing will be completely installed. All right, so now I have the second part of this railing going in. And I still have to do the cables, but at least got the post. And then also the handrail installed. So now you can see it's a continuation um of this one here. And that black post there just kind of acts as a um post
1:33 like this. Although I couldn't put the cables all the way through. Um, I was able to buy these invisible um type little brackets that go inside of there just a little bit and then it kind of plays off looking like that. Um, so I think when it's all done, it'll look so good. Um Vinnie was working on the last little bit of putting our white oak treads and risers in. So all of these stairs will eventually end up looking like that. Um we just have to kind of clean these as we go. But when you turn around,
2:20 look how pretty that's going to look.
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