On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 9:43:34 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 9/7/2016 7:55 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 8:19:39 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:24:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 4:20:39 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 11:38:06 -0700 (PDT), 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 steps are already non-standard because the carpet has been
removed. Carpet and underpadding is very close to the thickness of the
"treads"

Maybe I missed it, but where does it say that the carpet has been removed?
You didn't read the initial post? It's quoted right at the top of
your reply - but I will repeat it for you. Quoted from the OP:

"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."

Maybe I missed it again. Please point out where it says the carpet has
already been removed.

I think you might be being a bit AR here. We all know that the carpet
is or was there. But after removal she wants to know how to deal with
the PB steps. And for that matter, if they don't remove the carpet to
some degree it would be hard to determine that particle board is under
the carpet. A N D that seems to no longer be a mystery.

Yeah, but Clare likes it when I'm AR. You can tell by how excited he gets. ;-)