Method of refacing a staircase
AssigneeIdeal Wood Products, Inc.
InventorsBruce R. Mang, Sr., Steven H. Mott, Douglas P. Plourde, Norman J. Plourde
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Abstract
A method of refacing a staircase having original treads and original risers with replacement treads and replacement risers is disclosed. Each replacement tread overhangs a respective original riser by a distance greater than the thickness of the replacement riser. The replacement riser is shimmed and spaced from the original riser a distance equal to the difference between the replacement riser thickness and the overhang distance. Preferably the replacement treads overhang the replacement risers the same distance that the original treads overhang the original risers.
Claims11
A method of refacing a staircase, the staircase having an original tread that overhangs an original riser by a first horizontal distance d1, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing a replacement tread on top of the original tread, the replacement tread extending from the original riser and overhanging the original riser by a second horizontal distance d2;
- (b) placing one or more shims directly against the original riser;
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- (c) installing a replacement riser against the one or more shims placed against the original riser, the replacement riser extending vertically and having a horizontal thickness t, the thickness t less than the distance d2, the one or more shims spacing the replacement riser from the original riser a distance equal to the distance (d2−t).
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