Steep stairs make climbing more tiring and dangerous while shallow stairs are awkward and inefficient for our human stride.
Thickness of stair treads.
Otherwise no less than 1 1 2 thick.
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Since wood stairs are the most popular material used in homes today here are three wooden stair tread specifications for your personal reference.
For wooden stair treads the tread thickness must be.
The core is stable and resistant to warping checking and cupping and is perfect for use in carpet grade stain or painted tread applications.
Our hardwood thick treads are perfect for open riser staircases to floating stairs.
Codes can vary per jurisdiction but most of them have a minimum tread thickness of 1 inch.
No less than 1 thick if the tread is supported by risers under its front edge 3.
Stair tread stock should be at least 1 1 16 to 1 1 4 inch or thicker.
Here is a drawing detailing our standard stair tread and riser dimensions.
If the stair treads are.
Thick stair treads are often used in open rise staircases where there is only one supporting stringer.
The strength of your stair treads needs to have a thickness that can effectively support a person going up and down the.
In width and accommodates tread runs up to 11 1 2 in.
Thick stair treads are offered in 1 3 4 to 3 1 2 thickness.
Treads are solid wood construction.
It has a 1 in.
2 1 2 thick hand scraped stair treads starting at.
3 thick hand scraped stair treads starting at 146 99.
Standard stair tread dimensions.
3 1 2 thick hand scraped stair treads starting at 164 49.
This type of staircase requires a stair tread thicker than the standard 1.
4 thick hand scraped stair treads starting at 202 99.
It will fit stairs up to 48 in.
2 1 2 thick stair treads starting at 116 39.
Responding to the movement of the human body the sizes and relationships of stair risers and treads are regulated to make vertical motion safe and easy.
3 thick stair treads starting at 129 89.
We can make these thicker stair treads in most species and colors.
These dimensions may be useful when laying out a staircase or if you have general questions about the size and shape of a traditional tread or a retro tread.