Have you seem other approaches to secure such stairs without installing risers we like the open feel of our stairs and would like to.
Adding risers to open stairs.
We have an open staircase no riser and with our little girl on the verge of crawling we would like to secure the stairs this would of course be in addition to having a gate how hard is it to install risers.
Houses of a certain age or with un improved basements feature open stairs containing only stringers and treads.
Go over options to change the staircase design.
See more ideas about open staircase staircase stairs.
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.
This is tricky to do on open tread so i m wanting to know an easy way to add risers to these stairs given there is not much access behind the stairs.
The fascia that covers their risers may be missing.
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.
Mar 26 2020 explore gizella boochin s board open staircase ideas on pinterest.
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.
Look at ways to add plywood over the back of each riser and perhaps install tile on riser fronts.
We want to fill in the risers replace the banister and hand rail.
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.
Not really our taste.
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.