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Renovation & Makeover
Refurbishing, recladding or replacing an existing staircase, and what is realistic for your home.
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Why you have to finish your new staircase (and why it is on you)
A new timber staircase is not finished until it is sealed. Bare timber takes on moisture and moves, which splits treads and loosens spindles. Seal every face, mind the wet plaster, and know that finishing it is your job, not the maker's.
Cladding an existing staircase in oak: what the kits do and when they work
Oak stair cladding covers an existing staircase with oak tread and riser boards and a thickened nosing, for the look of a solid oak stair without replacing it. It works well on a straight, closed-string stair, but it adds to the step dimensions and struggles on open strings and winders.
How to modernise an old staircase without replacing it
You can update most of an old staircase without ripping it out: change the spindles, swap the handrail and newel caps, clad the treads, or paint and strip back. Which of those is cosmetic and which needs building control depends on whether you change the shape of the stair, not just the look.
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