We have an open staircase no riser and with our little girl on the verge of crawling we would like to secure the stairs this would of course be in addition to having a gate how hard is it to install risers.
Adding risers to open stairs.
We want to fill in the risers replace the banister and hand rail.
Have you seem other approaches to secure such stairs without installing risers we like the open feel of our stairs and would like to.
We have recently moved into a terrace house with a 70 s open plan staircase the treads are in hardwood attached to the side of the staircase but there are no risers.
My basement stairs did and that made the stairs inconvenient when you drop things they fall u.
Do your stairs have open risers the part under each tread.
Another option is to make sketches of the stairs with colored pencils to consider adding wood veneer over plywood on each riser.
Mar 26 2020 explore gizella boochin s board open staircase ideas on pinterest.
Then we replaced them and made sure they stuck out a little more than they were originally placed so that when we added the 1 4 inch plywood risers on it still.
In addition to making your stairs safer covering the risers may be required by your local building code if you plan improvements to your cellar.
See more ideas about open staircase staircase stairs.
Ann we have about ten posts on the stairs go here for all of them if you wanna see the pictures but to answer your questions really quickly we removed each stair and routed them.
Not really our taste.
Houses of a certain age or with un improved basements feature open stairs containing only stringers and treads.
The fascia that covers their risers may be missing.
Not only does it really show dirt and wear and tear we have a curious young toddler and would like to carpet down the centre of the stairs to minimise future fall impacts.