Renovating a timber staircase with overlays
Keep carriages; replace degraded wear layer with machined massif laminates glued & pinned strategically.
Typical scenarios
Abrasion yellowing spruce replaced by bonded 40 mm caps; MDF risers left if square.
Measurement caveats
Winder skew dictates individual cardboard patterns each step.
Frequently asked questions
Full strip obligatory?
Not if surplus rise budget allows overlays.
Paint MDF risers white?
Sanding + adhesion primer mandatory.
Partial batch colour drift?
Single batch staining recommended coherence.