On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:44:27 -0400, knuttle
wrote:

On 09/06/2016 2:38 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 1:19:50 PM UTC-4, -MIKE- wrote:
On 9/6/16 2:33 AM, wrote:
My husband and I have carpeted stairs made of paticle board. I'd like to ditch the carpet, scrape out the staples, fill those particle boards and paint the stairs.

I have read everyone's ideas for filling and smoothing a surface. This surface will need to be durable enough to withstand continual foot scraping and weight changes as we run up and down stairs. And the treated surfaces must be sandable.

Which filler would you gentlemen recommend? Any recommended type of paint for such stairs?


I would fill them with these. :-)

http://www.lowes.com/pd/RetroTread-11-5-in-x-42-in-Raw-Unfinished-Red-Oak-Stair-Tread/3191553


Aren't those going to throw off the rise of the top step? Assuming the steps
are all evenly spaced now, isn't the rise from the top step onto the
landing/hallway going to be .625" less than rise of the rest of the steps?

A minor problem going up, but it could be a safety issue coming down.

As my grandfather used to say when explaining the proper way to build steps:
"The feet remember."

The URL is what I was referring to in my first post to this thread. I
thought it was one piece.

I don't see 5/8 of an inch causing a large safety problem. Especially
considering the alternative that was being discussed in this thread.
The "berber" carpet on my basement steps is very close to 1/2 inch
thick, including the underpad - the cut loop on the upstairs steps is
slightly thicker. I'd say it is "pretty much" a none issue.