I have old wooden stairs. Edge of on step is split. I will carpet them . Can i do anything to the steps to make them feel a bit more solid before carpeting ? Only max 12 steps in staircase in a maisonette. Tnx
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Split step sorted already in way u described. Would laying flat pieces of wood of top of each step , screwing them in then laying carpet on top make steps feel more solid?
Presumably, you are talking about the nosing of the tread?
The nosing must be securely fixed for important safety reasons.
Glue and pins will do nothing for securing the nosing except to create a false sense of security and possibly cause an accident.
Replacement nosings or repairs to a nosing will require you to drive screws through the nosing back into the body of the tread - say five 75mm by 4.5 screws countersunk through the nosing.
The nosing must be securely fixed for important safety reasons.
Glue and pins will do nothing for securing the nosing except to create a false sense of security and possibly cause an accident.
Replacement nosings or repairs to a nosing will require you to drive screws through the nosing back into the body of the tread - say five 75mm by 4.5 screws countersunk through the nosing.
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Vinn i used screws , thanks.
This will make the rise of the lowest step more, and the rise of the highest step less, by the thickness of the flat piece of wood, in comparison to the rest.
It could, and most probably would, cause the flight to not conform to regs'.
Did not even realise there were regs. Lol.
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