Not really our taste.
Adding risers to open stairs.
Another option is to make sketches of the stairs with colored pencils to consider adding wood veneer over plywood on each riser.
Mar 26 2020 explore gizella boochin s board open staircase ideas on pinterest.
Ann we have about ten posts on the stairs go here for all of them if you wanna see the pictures but to answer your questions really quickly we removed each stair and routed them.
Do your stairs have open risers the part under each tread.
Houses of a certain age or with un improved basements feature open stairs containing only stringers and treads.
We want to fill in the risers replace the banister and hand rail.
We have recently moved into a terrace house with a 70 s open plan staircase the treads are in hardwood attached to the side of the staircase but there are no risers.
In addition to making your stairs safer covering the risers may be required by your local building code if you plan improvements to your cellar.
Not only does it really show dirt and wear and tear we have a curious young toddler and would like to carpet down the centre of the stairs to minimise future fall impacts.
Have you seem other approaches to secure such stairs without installing risers we like the open feel of our stairs and would like to.
Look at ways to add plywood over the back of each riser and perhaps install tile on riser fronts.
My basement stairs did and that made the stairs inconvenient when you drop things they fall u.
Then we replaced them and made sure they stuck out a little more than they were originally placed so that when we added the 1 4 inch plywood risers on it still.
Go over options to change the staircase design.
The fascia that covers their risers may be missing.