Stairs Refinishing

When it comes to bespoke stairs, every step counts. The steps of sanding, recapping, and staining are what make your wooden staircases look beautiful. Your staircase' beauty will shine with incredible results when we use the best tools and our professional knowledge. These low-cost renovations will revitalise your home by updating the old appearance of your stairs.
The staircase is the first thing guests see when they enter most modern houses, and we all know how crucial first impressions are. Hardwood flooring adds value to a home, Stairs made of hardwood function similarly. Hardwoods are strong and resilient. Asthmatics and allergy sufferers can use them. Their classic attractive looks are always in fashion. They are not resistant to deterioration, though. The treads on stairs, for example, are particularly vulnerable to wear and scratching in high-traffic areas. Your staircase should be repaired if it has discoloured or shows signs of usage.

Refinishing stairs offers a few benefits.

Firstly, it offers guests a great first impression of your home. Since typically the staircase is part of the front entryway, a gleaming staircase will welcome your guests.

Secondly, when you refinish your stairs, you can update the stain of the treads, as well as the banister. When you refinish your stairs, you can “update” the look of them with a current stain.

Additionally, keeping your hardwoods looking good retains the value of your home.

Our clients are aware of the mess that might result from sanding flooring; therefore, they frequently inquire if we can refinish staircases without first sanding them. "Yes" is the obvious response. Without sanding, we may rescreen and recoat stairs. The only step in this procedure is to etch the polyurethane coating that is already there before adding a new coat (or two). Rescreening will revive your stairs if they have just lost their shine. To extend the interval between sanding and refinishing, it's a good idea to perform this maintenance procedure periodically.

The process of refinishing hardwood stairs generally follows the same process for finishing hardwood flooring. However, everything is done by hand. Therefore, it is a time-intensive task that does require several tools and materials.

Steps to refinish hardwood floors

1. Remove any carpeting from the stairs
2. Remove all carpet staples
3. Strip the stain from the treads
4. Sand the treads and risers using an orbital hand sander
5. Hand sand the spindles, banister and around the base of the spindles
6. Vacuum and wipe down everything until the dust is gone entirely
7. Apply the stain by hand. Depending on the color, this may take multiple coats. Be sure to allow drying time in between coats
8. Apply the polyurethane. Multiple coats are required for the treads
9. Paint spindles and risers

However, rescreening your stairs is not an option if:

1. Scratches penetrate the polyurethane coating and the wood.
2. Your stairways have been waxed.
3. Your staircase' colour (stain) has to be changed.
4. UV harm is evident. When you take out runners or area rugs, you can see this.
5. Your steps have grey areas where the wood has been worn down.