On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 9:56:09 PM UTC-4, krw wrote:
On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 18:06:09 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 7:53:18 PM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:
In article ,
says...

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.


Remove the carpet and the step hight is no longer "to code" if it
was before. Replacing the carpet with a stair tread cap brings it back
to spec.

You guys have WAY too much spare time if you have to argue such arcane
points - without reading what you are complaining about even - - - -

I read exactly what it says and didn't assume anything that wasn't written.
They *have* (present tense) carpeted stairs, they would *like to* (a desire
to do something sometime in the future) remove it.

Did you make your wife sign a "Roommate agreement"?

32 years ago we agreed to a number of things. We're still happily agreeing to them.

Knock knock knock, Penny. Knock, knock, knock, Penny. Knock, knock, knock, Penny.

Who's Penny?

If you have to ask that question then you probably didn't get the reference to the Roommate
Agreement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDeZIMoEUw